Advent is a time when we prepare our hearts. This time of year, we pause to prepare our hearts for the birth of Christ. I've spent this Advent season reading She Reads Truth with a group of ladies from our church. I'm not sure I've ever participated in an Advent Bible Study and this one has been great. During the study, I was challenged to see God preparing a way for Jesus in the Old Testament.
The themes,
"Jesus is the true and Better Abel,
Jesus is the true and better David,
Jesus is the true and better Esther,
Jesus is the true and better Boaz,
Jesus is the true and better Passover Lamb"
were a blessing and a challenge. Some days it was easy to see how Jesus was a direct correlation to these Old Testament "giants of our faith." Yet sometimes it was tough to see how Jesus was true and better. On those days I was thankful to have a commentary or friends willing to talk through this with me.
Of course, anytime I begin a new study, songs seem to pop off the pages and into my heart. I thought I would take the next few minutes and blog about different songs that stood out to me as I read this Advent season beginning with this song. It is a song of celebration. A celebration of the true meaning of Christmas. It beckons us to "come and see what God has done." It reminds us of a perfect person willingly coming to an imperfect world because of his great love for us. Jesus knew what coming to earth meant... he knew it meant beginning as a helpless baby, growing up under rules, suffering, shame and death. He knew it meant that through him we would have access to the Father and live with him forever more. His gift of life and death gives us the gift of adoption and joint heirs. Eternal life with our Savior.
I've spent almost two years waiting. Waiting for peace, longing for companionship, and missing "what should have been." This year is no different. The grieving process comes and goes but this year I choose to listen to the story of amazing love.
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