Advent #7 & #8

          Whew! What a weekend.  We had "crazy" going all over the place.  Makes me so thankful for the quiet moments of Advent.  We missed Saturday because we were all going in so many directions.  But thankfully none of us minds sitting down to do 2 at once.  (In fact it is kind of great because both Littles get to open there own box.)

The two stories that we heard were of Abraham and Isaac and The story of Rachel and Leah. 

The cool thing about hearing these stories for the millionth time is that last night I heard something new in both of them.  I love how God does that with "old" stories. It goes to show you that God's word is living and breathing. It can weave itself throughout the stories of our lives with words of life, that can change us each time we hear them.  The expectation that God's word can and will do that should never change,                 no matter our age.

Advent #7

The Present

Abraham and Isaac

Genesis 22

Jesus Storybook- "(God has just rescued Isaac and provided a ram for sacrifice instead).....God helped Abraham and Isaac understand something.  God wanted his people to live, not die. God wanted to rescue his people, not punish them. But they must trust him."

Advent #8

The girl no one wanted

Jacob, Rachel and Leah

Genesis 29-30

Jesus Storybook- "No one loves me," Leah said. "I'm too ugly." But God didn't think she was ugly. And when he saw that Leah was not loved and that no one wanted her; God chose her- to love love her specially, to give her a very important job. One day, God was going to rescue the whole world- through Leah's family.

 (Two hearts. One for Rachel and one for Leah. But Leah's heart has a crown on it because God saw her as a princess.)

-LL