Advent

I meant to add this link earlier.  Its Advent devotions based on the Jesse Tree series, about the lineage of Jesus through the Old Testament.  Our church is doing this Advent blog for the first time this year.  Different people have written the devotions each day.  This Jesse Tree series shows us how God was revealing His plan of salvation from Creation through the stories and people of the Old Testament leading up to Jesus' birth.  I love getting this big picture view of the Bible and the world.  I don't typically remember thinking of Advent (the whole month) instead of Christmas but I love it... to think on this season as a time of waiting and longing for God to make things right, including all the things in us that we struggle with.  And how great to live on this side of Jesus, knowing He's how God the Father chose to rescue us.  And now Advent is a time to think about how He will one day make things right for all time, redeem all of our sin, struggles, death, disease, lack of trusting Him, etc, etc.  Thank you, Lord.


http://wepcadvent.wordpress.com/