Today is the First of Advent....well, for most people in this country that means very little...for me, an old Swede...it is part of the Christmas Season....the first candle is lit, in anticipation of what is coming....three more Sundays, and Christmas is here!!!But ADVENT is more than just the opening of the Holiday Season....Advent is a wonderful time of joining the anticipation of the celebration of the greatest thing befallen to mankind....the coming of the Messiah, the Redeemer, our Savior!! Therefore, the first of ADVENT becomes so much more than lighting the first candle and rejoicing in the fact that Christmas is soon here....Remember the Apostle John...he was sent to prepare the way for the Lord....May ADVENT be that Season for us...of preparing to celebrate the coming of the Lord...no matter where we are in the World...snow and jingle-bells are not the things that make the Season....it is all about the attitude of our hearts!
"As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah, the prophet:
"A voice of one calling in the desert
Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for Him,
Every valley shall be filled in,
Every mountain and hill made low,
The crooked roads shall become straight,
the rough ways smooth.
All mankind will see God's salvation!!"
Luke 3:4-6
Have a BLESSED ADVENT SEASON!!
Have a BLESSED ADVENT SEASON!!
2 comments:
Rakel-those are my favorite verses from Isaiah. Thanks for sharing your love of the Lord with the world and especially with me. :-)
Rakel, I was just thinking today how over here we celebrate the season of Advent and how I did not grow up doing that.. so it blessed my heart to read your blog. Love you.
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