It's the third week of advent, and we're still waiting--and what we're waiting for honestly sounds rather impossible. Is the promise of God really going to be worth the wait? As described in Isaiah 35, all that is good and right and true about this world will be present in God's coming kingdom. Isaiah's poetic imagery is a celebration of joy, as even that which is broken and destitute in this world will be transformed. God's promise is that this joy is a gift to us, and that our present griefs and losses will ultimately be overtaken by God's celebration.