{"id":2518673,"date":"2025-12-08T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-year-another-failed-advent-calendar\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:17:01","slug":"another-year-another-failed-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-year-another-failed-advent-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Year, Another Failed Advent Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-year-another-failed-advent-calendar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2518673&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The author reflects on impatience during the Advent season, sharing a personal story about opening manny doors of a Wisconsin-themed advent calendar ahead of time. This premature opening symbolizes our common struggle with waiting, especially when facing uncertainty or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-will-take-taiwan-xi-warned-biden-during-meeting\/\" title=\"Xi warned Biden during their meeting that China plans to take Taiwan\">crucial life events<\/a> like medical tests, job applications, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-two-wisconsin-supreme-court-rulings-give-president-trump-the-win-should-be-enough-votes-to-win-the-state\/\" title=\"One of Two Wisconsin Supreme Court Rulings Give President Trump the Win \u2013 Should Be Enough Votes to Win the State\">court rulings<\/a>, graduations, or restrictions being lifted. While waiting can be arduous adn make us feel powerless, the author emphasizes the importance of trusting in God&#8217;s perfect timing and finding peace in surrendering control. Biblical verses from Psalm 46:10 and Isaiah 40:30-31 are cited to encourage patience and renewed strength through faith. Ultimately, the message is that peace comes from trusting God to guide us through life&#8217;s uncertain waits.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Dec. 7, the neat Advent calendar I was gifted already had 16 doors ripped open, but being nine <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >days ahead<\/a> does not mean I am winning Advent. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not totally my fault. On Thanksgiving, I let some house guests open the first door so we could start the season together.<\/p>\n<p>But then, last week I wanted a snack, so I decided to open one day ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a Wisconsin-themed calendar, so everything is made in Wisconsin. That day was a supper club spice rub to put on meat. Not too snacky.<\/p>\n<p>No one could blame me for opening another door.<\/p>\n<p>Dried cranberries. Huh. Not quite what I was jonesing for.<\/p>\n<p>Rip. Peppermint bark.<\/p>\n<p>Rip, rip. <em>Dark <\/em>chocolate. Ugh! So close.<\/p>\n<p>Rip, rip, rip. Amaretto, cranberry, peach, pecan granola?<\/p>\n<p>Rip, rip, rip, rip. Candied pecans. Fine.<\/p>\n<p>I put the rejected treats back behind the doors, but there was no repairing the perforated seal or recapturing the element of surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Now I must wait a few days if I want to get back on track. Ripping ahead won&rsquo;t make Christmas come any faster.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting is hard, and often it leaves us in darkness because the big waits mean change is coming.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for test results to come back to confirm or rule out a serious medical concern.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for a response on a job application in a race to avoid a gap in income.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for a judge to make a life altering court ruling, so you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-can-we-experience-hardship-without-resorting-to-grumbling\/\" title=\"How to Endure Hardship Without Complaining?\">life&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s next direction.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for graduation so you can move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for answers, for restrictions to be lifted, or to be free.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting can be exciting too. Like waiting for vacation, a wedding, or a baby.<\/p>\n<p>When we wait, the timeline is out of our control. But we try to reject our powerless role.<\/p>\n<p>In futile attempts to have power over our fate we grasp at solutions. Perhaps if I have a salad now, my test results will come back favorably. Maybe a deep internet search will show how the judge usually rules in cases like mine. Should I send another note to the hiring manager? &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But we can&rsquo;t make answers come sooner. Sometimes, there is nothing you can do but wait, and trying to force a solution outside of God&rsquo;s timeline will leave your life looking like a tattered Advent calendar.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!&rdquo; says Psalm 46:10.<\/p>\n<p>God is calling us to peace. If we give the big stuff to the big guy, He will carry us though the wait. We don&rsquo;t have to solve things beyond our control. When it is too big, it is time to rest.  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint,&rdquo; says Isaiah 40:30-31.<\/p>\n<p>The only path to peace is to trust God, who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and sends the light of the world through his son Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, help us trust that you always light the path in your perfect timing.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. 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