The third Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of “Joy,” and because of our shared devotional, we approach joy in terms of “anticipation”. Anticipations is a version of joy that makes promises, even if they are yet unfulfilled. It is a joy before the joy of fulfillment. Children experience this kind of joy every December in the days leading to Christmas, and adults would do well to watch and learn. The anticipation and joy experienced in Christ’s first coming is only heightened and fulfilled in the second coming when Christ sets the world right and establishes joy and peace as a way of daily life.