Advent Season 2010 - Are You Preparing Him Room?

Advent Season 2010 - Are You Preparing Him Room

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Have you heard of Advent? It is the season right before Christmas when, as Christians, we can prepare our hearts to celebrate the coming of Christ. Because the date of Christmas changes according to the calendar, so does Advent. This year the Advent 2010 season begins on November 28, 2010, the first Sunday of Advent.

If you are like me, you might feel woefully inadequate for this task of preparing yourself or your family for Christmas. I was not raised in a home that took Christmas preparation very seriously, in fact quite the opposite.

I, like many of you, was raised in a non-Christian home. And when I became a Christian as a teenager, I attended a church that knew nothing of Christmas preparation or Advent or anything of the kind. Sure, they would decorate the church with wreaths and red bows, and even allow the children to come down the processional with the poinsettias, but they knew nothing of the magnitude of the event.

So Christmas was not held up with wonder, awe, or reverence. Sadly, it was a time for me to be on my guard, to be watchful because it meant spending extended times with my non-Christian family. I even remember asking my Christian friends to pray for me. I would say, "I am going home, so pray that I do not stumble and that I do not fall into all the old habits."

Thankfully, I married into a family that knew how to prepare itself for Christmas. And with my own spouse and children, I learned the priority of getting my heart ready to celebrate the birth of our Savior. These most recent years have been filled up with joy, wonder, amazement, and pondering how one so small could accomplish something so large. Truly, it is amazing!

As the Advent season has come upon us, I want to persuade you to begin preparing. I want you to take your preparation for Christmas seriously. Begin now to gather the things you need to direct your family's hearts toward heaven. Let this season of Advent fill your home and your life.

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