the past week we've had this pattern of snow covering the ground overnight, covering the earth, and then by mid morning the next day, it has already melted.... it repeats this process, and has repeated it, for at least the past 3 days.
I thought about how this is a picture at times of life. When we're sleeping, at peace, resting, trusting our Dad above, we receive His grace, His love, His mercies, which are new every morning. Then something happens and we "muck it up" and it starts melting. It melts because we can't hold onto the ingraspable, and we're imperfect and don't always dwell all the time in His goodness and grace and love. What's amazing is that we're promised He'll keep pouring out His mercy on us, keep making us as new creations, keep covering our scarlet sins with white snow...
This is just one of many promises we have from the One who came to be Incarnate, to demonstrate His love to us, and who we can joyously celebrate, especially this Advent season. I've wanted to be more intentional to celebrate Advent in a special way, as this special time of year... I'd love to hear in the comments how you celebrate Advent.
by love.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
always snowing, always melting, always snowing.
Posted by Kristi at 10:15 AM
Labels: advent, reflections, snow
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Last year was the first time I really "understood" or tried anything in regards to Advent. It was a moment each night, and then especially on Sundays, when we would light a certain candle (or multiple ones - each representative of specific things like love, peace, or joy), read Scripture, and pray.
I like the idea of a preparation of the heart. To spend time with people, and also to make sure to spend time alone - to meditate on the Word, to commune with the Living God, to refocus and commit oneself through the use of beauty and symbolism and disciplines.
Meshing the traditional with the modern is such a big thing for me - which is why I am very much looking forward to Advent this year!
Thanks to a photo inspiration from Rebekah, I've decided to incorporate a Jesse Tree this year into Advent... I think it will be a great way to teach the kiddos also so starting to learn about it now is good for me, too! It involves incorporating a time of preparation through learning how the OT points to the One.
http://www.crivoice.org/jesse.html
-karen
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