Advent Day 17 - Jesus The Lion of the Tribe of Judah

Well you can see that my grandson is not the happiest of Lions this past Halloween. The Lion that my great nephew colored is much brighter and happier.

Lions are big and scary....not an animal to mess with. That's why they are called the King of the Jungle....they are at the top of the chain!

What is interesting about this is.....that Jesus Christ is the TOP OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND....and yet he acted like and servant....and that was the example he set for me!

DAY 17 JESUS IS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH

Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Questions/Discussion: Why is the lion called the king of the jungle? How is Christ like a lion? How should this truth affect our lives?

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

There are a lot of books out there that celebrate Advent plus Advent Calendars of all different types, sizes and costs. Perhaps I just wasn't looking because I'm only just beging to discover these in the past 5 years or so. One I really like for parents of small kiddos....was actually out of print for a few years, but is now available again. The Book is "Celebrate with Joy" by **** Check out their website by clicking here!

One of here suggestions is to concentrate on one aspect of Christmas for you Advent Celebration for the year.

So I'm going to look at the different names of Jesus.

DAY 1 -- JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

What does this mean? I'd love input from anyone who access' my blog on what you think about this.

John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Years ago (I've been told) that the Christmas tree would be put up and decorated during the advent season, but candles would be added the last day as a reminder that Jesus is the Light of the World....I guess that we can understand why that would be a bit of a scary thing. I remember one of the ornaments that we hung on our Christmas tree every year when I was a kid was a light bulb that was from one of the very first Christmas tree light sets....it was the size of a regular light bulb too! How things change.

Another memory I have is that being a missionary's kid in PNG we just to take lanterns and go walking to the nearby village singing Christmas Carols. I guess that in essance was us sharing the 'light of the world'.


What memories do you have of "the lights of Christmas".

There is another good book that I got one Christmas by Ace Collins called "Stories behind the best loved Songs of Christmas" It's got lots of Christmas Carols which I will tell you about over the next few weeks (if you choose to join me). However, I didn't find one that talked about Jesus as the light of the world....can you think of any?

Now off to make some Christmas fudge with the grandkiddo and my sweet girl!

Christmas is coming

Well, while I have Jolene here I have taken advantage and asked her to help me figure out this blog thing.

"Christmas is coming!" Christian is running all over the house yelling this at the top of his lungs. What a fun thing to see, complete unabashed joy and excitment that Christmas is almost here!

Lately I have been thinking about the things that I remember about the many Christmas' that I have experianced and the traditions are the things that I treasure and remember the most. Since my children have grown up and moved out and on....it's bittersweet because the house is quieter and often when it's time to light the advent candle I find that I am doing it alone....not that I am feeling sorry for myself...just that ADVENT is such a wonderful season to celebrate with all of those that you love.

That is why this 'cybergranny' has decided to try to start a new tradition and celebrate with any and all who wish to join me in celebrating this Advent season....on the web!

Even though I got this idea in September, I am still 'late' getting it going....I had meant to post Day on on December 1st...but I have decided that I'm just going to make up for lost time and post several until I'm caught back up.

My family didn't have an Advent tradition, other than whatever the study was at church that year. I didn't realize that Advent is for learning about and the who, what, where and why of Christmas.

So here I go because........"Christmas is coming"