December Day #24

Posting a bit late.  Better late than never.  Can't leave things undone!

Before bed on Christmas Eve we had a Pass-The-Parcel.  It was a family board game which the children had seen me buy.  Since the surprise of the gift was spoiled, Arrow suggested wrapping it up in lots of layers of Christmas paper and playing Pass-The-Parcel.  


We seemed to have quite a few unopened books left over so they all got opened to finish off the countdown to Christmas day.

The books are:

• Christmas Long Ago A-Z.  As you would expect it is Christmas through the alphabet.
• Silent Night.  Blossom's special book which plays the carol and has little twinkling lights.
• Prayers At Christmastime is a collection of little prayers.
• The Night the Angels Sang.  Another Arch book.
• The  Very First Christmas.  

Our angels were found holding a picture of a gift.

The wisemen gave special gifts to the young Jesus.  They were prophetic of what was to happen later in His life.  

Gold was a gift for a king.  

Frankincense - the use of frankincense was commanded as a chief ingredient of the incense which was to be kept burning in the tabernacle. (Exodus 30)  David prayed: "Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense" (Psalm 141:2). As the smoke of the burning offering ascended up from the altar, so the people believed their prayers would go up to God with it, and it would be a sweet savor to Him. Now we can see how wonderfully meaningful was this gift of frankincense the little child in Bethlehem. Not only is He destined to be the great King, but also our eternal High Priest. The incense confesses that He alone can convey our prayers, and indeed our very souls to God.

{Taken from *this web page*}

Myrrh - The third gift was myrrh. Its first use in the Bible would suggest that its definitive Biblical use was in the holy anointing oil. The priests were to be "anointed" with a divinely-designed oil, the main ingredient of which was myrrh.

And Jesus is God's precious gift to mankind.  The way in which we, as sinful beings, are able to come before the Holy Creator.

And on Christmas morning our angels had joined the nativity set.  The star had lead us to Jesus.  No longer a baby.  Now He sits with His Father in heaven; our High Priest.  

Merry Christmas!

~Lorna