God’s steadfast love invites us to enter Advent by trusting and living out the realm Jesus proclaims. Prophets declare earth and heaven are astir with signs of a new day to come. The signs of God’s nearness and here-ness summon us to balance our longing for God’s coming day with faithful action in this day and to trust that God provides the way forward. The power of God breaks open the present to a future gifted with hope.