Advent Week 1

Advent means waiting
and this year I decided to put my teacher-y juices in gear
and do more for Advent with the kiddos!

We got this GREAT children's Bible
called Jesus Storybook Bible
which I highly HIGHLY recommend!

And I figured out how to make 24 days worth of readings
to lead from December first to Christmas.

And then I painted an ornament to go with each day,
and the kids get to put it on the tree.

So far I think they really like it,
and I'm loving seeing especially Taylor
hear how God had this planned from the beginning
and how much we can look forward to Jesus!

Advent Day #1: God had this all Mapped Out from the Beginning!

Advent Day #2: He created light, sea, land, plants, sun, moon

Advent Day #3: He created birds, fish, animals and then people in His own image!

Advent Day #4: Adam and Eve chose sin, separating them from God.
But He promises He has a plan to come back to rescue them!

Advent Day #5: People chose sin and forgot about God. 

So God had a plan to destroy the earth through a flood- 

except for his obedient follower Noah and his family. 

God knew everything would go wrong again, 

and that people would forget about Him. 

But instead of destruction His next plan would be to rescue His people. 

Advent Day #6: People again forgot about God. 

They tried to become like Him by building a tower to Heaven. 

To thwart this plan God made it so they all spoke different languages, 

and then scattered around the globe.

Advent Day #7: God showed Abraham the sky full of stars 

and promised him that He'd build a nation more numerous than the stars! 

And then He'd use his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren 

to eventually send a Rescuer for His people.

Advent Day #8: God asked Abraham to trust Him, 

and give Him a gift to show Him how much he loved Him. 

He asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. 

Abraham obediently set up to do it, 

and then God acknowledged Abraham's trust, 

and provided a ram instead. God's perfect plan continues...

We expectantly await the coming of Jesus!!