REMEMBERING HIS BIRTH....
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called FAITHFUL and TRUE. With Justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has the name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation 19:11-16
This year our family started a new Christmas tradition. Actually, we tried to start it many years ago....had a wreath...had some candles...had some verses....but we couldn’t put it all together:) This year....thanks to our church...actually...(they had it last Christmas too, but we couldn’t manage to get ourselves there)....our family participated in a wreath making activity. We showed up after a Sunday service and made the wreath, decorated the wreath...and took home the advent readings that we were supposed to do this December...truth be told...we were supposed to do it every Sunday...but due to....whatever you call it....we managed to light all three candles in three days....all the week before Christmas! Yes! That is progress for us!!
So follow along....if you will....focus.....put your ADD aside....every Sunday you light a candle....there are three purple candles....so one purple candle is lit every Sunday, so you start the first Sunday in December. The fourth Sunday you light the pink candle....yes I meant pink.....there is a pink candle, and then on Christmas day, you light the white candle....the CHRIST candle.
So today, our family read the bible readings for the third purple candle. That’s right...today we lit the third purple candle just like the purple on this page....today’s Bible readings were about how Jesus is ROYAL...hence....the color purple.
When we think of Jesus we have pictures of him in our mind....baby Jesus in the manger, Baby Jesus in his mother’s arms....Jesus as a young boy “in His Father’s house” talking to the learned, and Jesus right before he died for us...with thorns on his head....carrying the cross...being whipped, bruised, and crucified. The third purple candle represents the JOY that we have in Jesus Christ because He is King! He rules in our hearts and is with us and is with the twenty young kids who left this earth last Friday...all because God planned his birth, death, and resurrection.
The first purple candle represents the HOPE we have in the promised Messiah. The second reminds us of the coming Savior and that HE IS the PRINCE OF PEACE. And who remembers what the third purple candle represents? Yes you....you who is reading this....
That’s right....the JOY we can have in Christ because he is truly royal!!! It is there for us to have....we just have to ask for it...So don’t forget to ask your Father in heaven for his joy!!!!
For more info on the advent calendar and the verses check out www.kidscorner.net and look for the Advent Calendar.
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