It's tough to be part of these crowds -- you know something dramatic has happened, but you didn't see it, you didn't experience it, so you try and catch what you can, but mostly, you have to wait. It's hard to wait -- Zechariah has to wait, the crowds have to wait.
There's an element of trust, too. We don't experience something for ourselves, but someone in our community does. So we listen to them tell their story, because it's our story, too. We're one people, striving together, so we share in Zechariah's joy, even if it is incomplete, and we wait for God to continue to show up.
So we tell our story, and we listen to the stories of others, and in the middle, we wait. It's part of the identity of the people of God.
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