This House Watches Homer Simpson during Advent

Mat 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

And what do the babes see and hear?

They see: Two cartoon kites fly in a cartoon sky, one red and the other blue. And a cartoon character reflects on them, saying, "Ah...red and blue, the colors of friendship."
This on the TV show, The Simpson's. (Although some babes aren't allowed to watch this show...mine are.)

They see: A line of kids waiting to visit a fake Santa seated under a two-toned banner reading "Welcome Santa!" The welcome in the hearts of the children is genuine, but the Santa in this scene is recognized as an "imposter" by a real Santa-elf who has served a long advent season making preparations in this toy store to receive a visit from what he expects to be the real Santa. His words to this "anti-Santa" are harsh: "You sit on a throne of lies!" And we all laugh, as is fitting for this comedic scene...but hopefully the children learn something larger, too, about the power of genuinely knowing someone. They also see a pretty decent scaled-for-kids foretelling of the Apocalypse...although I doubt that was the intention of the writers. Especially if they were "wise and prudent."
This in the movie, Elf.

Finally, they see: a couple of cartoon cars learn and grow, becoming deeper in character and richer in relationship through their time together; in the end, proving to be a benefit to a larger circle of cars. And they are one red boy car and one blue girl car.
This in the movie Cars.

It is enough for now to make the point that the babes see and hopefully learn the lesson to end all lessons about relationship, the lesson that I mentioned when we first felt drawn to this house we live in: this blue house with its red shutters and doors. We felt like God hand-picked it for us. Hidden in scripture are two tribes who are destined to become one, and these colors are telling their story everywhere.

Ezekiel spoke of them becoming one in the hand of God...and I quoted him in the first blog entry titled Bless This House.
In short:
Eze 37:19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

Now here is another of the same nature:

Zec 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD their God, and will hear them.

And though there may be dark days in the interim before we walk this verse in actuality--(for has the house of Judah known itself to be cast off yet? I think rather that those who call themselves the brothers and sons of Jesus of Nazareth are unwittingly prideful of a union long since grown luke-warm. And what of the house of Joseph? Do they have a clue who they are in this day? Are you, O Joseph, not like the news story of this very day, in which a record album was purchased for $0.75 at a flea market and sold again for $155,000 on Ebay. Joseph in your coat of many colors, have you been out of place so long you have forgotten who you are? It is time to remember, it is time to to see your colors, shown so well here...see who you are and where you belong as these are yours, gifts from your God...)

--so despite all that must be shaken by your approach: Come, O Come, Immanuel...