Mr. Allen died a few days ago.  He was my Aunt’s father, a nice 93 year old man who had quite the story to tell.  At the funeral home my Aunt said “Liz, you know you were his girl.  He just loved you.”  All I ever did was sit with him.

He would come to family functions and would be sitting alone, I would sit by him.  He would ask me questions about my car or my job, he would listen.  I would ask him how he was doing, I would listen.  Sometimes we sat in silence.  He loved me, every time I saw him his eyes lit up.  I did nothing but sit with him, I loved him too.

Do you know a person who could use someone to sit with?  Perhaps you have a great aunt who is alone, a grandparent you don’t visit enough, or maybe a stranger that you haven’t even met yet that just wants someone to sit with.  You could be Christ to that person if you just take time to sit with them.

Do you take time to sit with Him?  Before the Blessed Sacrament, sitting with God, letting him listen to you and you listening to him.  Think of what joy it would bring God if you sat with him, and what joy you would receive.  Advent is the perfect time, a time of waiting, to sit with God be still and think about what the season of advent means to you.

So, sit with someone today.  Sometimes some thing so small and simple can make a huge difference.