Yesterday we gathered again for a little while. A sacred little moment of reflection in between music lessons and boy scouts. Just a few minutes of contemplation after supper and before bathtime. A huddling around the Word, and a hanging of another lonely ornament.
Today's ornament was the Earth, a clear glass globe painted to look like the continents by Michaela and Alexander. It was hung all alone on our tree but for a tree trunk charm and the Light of Christ. "It's so EPIC", she said. "Totally", he agreed. How little do any of us understand just how epic this story really and truly is. That simple truth whispered quietly by my children rings loudly in my ears.
We sat together with the Word whispering in our ears and the imaginings of a huddle of hearts as Father, Son and Holy Spirit breathed into being the likeness of God, our eyes brimming with tearful appreciation that each of us is breathed into being in exactly that way. We lift our faces to God.
And still, we wait...
Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel...
(If you would like to experience our devotional, please visit A Holy Experience, for Ann Voskamp's Jesus Advent Celebration. We also have adapted some of our own devotionals from EWTN, here, and Domestic Church.com, here.)
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