Thursday, December 3, 2015

Advent: days 2 and 3

Sorry I dropped the ball so soon. It's the week before finals and everything is in overdrive here. Anyway. You get two verses and prompts. So here it goes.

Promt 1:
Write a diary entry dated ten years in the future.

Prompt 2:
Write a quick love story. It has to end badly.

And the verses are

Verse 1:
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." - Micah 5:2

Verse 2:
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. - Isaiah 7:14

Merry Christmas.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The Advent

The word advent mean sthe arrival of an important person or event. As a kid in my house we always were taught that Christmas is about the birth of Christ. Of course as an adult who also labels herself a Christian, that is still my belief. Whether Jesus was born in March or September is debated, but no one debates the fact that December 25 is the day chosen to represent that monumental occasion. So that brings me back to the idea of the advent.

Many people will buy advent calendars for the days leading up to the 25. For most people it is just a fun excuse to celebrate Christmas every day in December, but it should be so much more then that. The advent started as the anticipation of the birth of Christ. I'm not going to say that I'm any less guilty of making Christmas about the fun parts of the season, but I'm going to try this Christmas to make sure I focus on Christ and His impending advent back to retrieve His people.

So every day this December in the spirit of Advent celebration, I am doing writing prompts and reading advent themed verses. I'll post them here until Christmas.

Today's verse: "And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." - Isaiah 40:5

And the writing prompt is:
"What is your favorite work of art? What do you love about it?"

So have a merry Christmas. I'll see you tomorrow.