The third devotional in advent is about angels (a few days later than the schedule). We lit the white candle, the angel's candle which represents Peace.
Angels are the messengers of God. Whenever God had a message for someone He sent an angel. At the announcement of the birth of Jesus to the shepherds a whole choir of angels sang praises! They sang because now Peace had come to earth. The Peace that God had promised to those who follow His ways. Perfect Peace.
Our angels were sitting on my window sill holding some coloured ribbon.
White (snow) reminds us that we can be washed clean, as white as snow.
Isaiah 1:18 "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow."
Red (holly berries, Pohutakawa flowers here in NZ) reminds us of our "scarlet" sins and the blood that was shed by Jesus on the cross. He gave His life as a sacrifice in our place for the sins which separate us from God.
Green (evergreen trees) remind us of everlasting life. When we are washed clean, God makes us like a green tree that lives forever before Him.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 "Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river.. [its} leaf will be green..nor will [it] cease from yielding fruit."
Gold (ornaments) remind us that when we believe in God we become children of the King.
Psalm 21:3 "For you meet him (us) with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head."
There is so much in the festivities and traditions that can remind us of the true meaning of Christmas!
We didn't open books today. I blame the humidity.
And when it rained we employed the tv to entertain!
It is a story about 2 mouse children who go on a quest to find the meaning of Christmas. They talk to the ornaments on the tree to discover the story.
~Lorna
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