Friday 1 December 2017

Advent 2017 - Day 1

Day 1 – An Introduction

Reading: Genesis 1:1-4

The first door on the Advent Calendar, the flash of excitement. the countdown has begun. What's behind the door? The answer is, something that looks like a Blue Marble. What is this? Why is this? What's it got to do with Christmas? Is it maybe a decoration, a bauble to hang on a tree? But then you realise that the swirling pattern is not a random one; the shapes are not abstract, but familiar. There, in front of you, shining against the blackness, is our planet; our home. How strange, how fragile it looks! And yet, how important a place it seems to us! Important too, to the one that called it into being. The story of Advent is one for the whole Earth.


Prayer Point: That the whole Earth will come to know the Good News of Christ's Advent.

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