Advent is a time of anticipation, waiting expectantly for something good to happen. And we know it is something good because it is to come from God. We read in the Old Testament the prophets’ words that a Savior would come and the Israelites waited for that promise of light to be fulfilled during some very dark times.
We know that promise was fulfilled in the coming of Jesus and we celebrate that fulfillment at Christmas. The season of Advent is an invitation to experience the sense of anticipation that precedes the coming of Christ.
Taking secular music and offering it with a spiritual understanding is nothing new. A recent example is in the movie Sister Act, where many Motown tunes are sung to the glory of God.
With that in mind, during this season of Advent, my mind turns to the musical West Side Story and the Sondheim/Bernstein song “Something’s Coming.”
Could be. Who knows?
There's something due any day
I will know right away
Soon as it shows
It may come cannonballin' down through the sky
Gleam in its eye
Bright as a rose! Who knows?
It's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach
Under a tree
I got a feeling there's a miracle due
Gonna come true
Coming to me
Could it be?
Yes it could
Something's coming
Something good
If I can wait
Something's coming I don't know what it is
But it is
Gonna be great!
With a click
With a shock
Phone'll jingle
Door'll knock
Open the latch!
Something's coming, don't know when
But it's soon
Catch the moon
One handed catch
Around the corner
Or whistling down the river
Come on - deliver
To me
Will it be? Yes it will
Maybe just by holding still
It'll be there!
Come on, something, come on in
Don't be shy
Meet a guy
Pull up a chair
The air is hummin'
And something great is coming
Who knows
It's only just
Out of reach
Down the block, on a beach
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight...
--From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/w/west-side-story-lyrics/somethings-coming-lyrics.html
My prayer for this Advent season is that we take time to make our hearts ready to receive Christ. Christ is coming and that is good!
Shalom,
Tom
