Our family has decided to celebrate the season of Advent this year. I had heard of Advent before, but we didn’t officially celebrate it when I was a child.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Advent, I found a brief description on Wikipedia:
“Advent (from the Latin Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, “the coming of the Saviour”) is a holy season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, also known as the season of Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western Christian year.””
Mary Beth was the one who actually suggested that we celebrate Advent as a family this year. I thought this would give us a good family tradition to continue throughout the years as Caleb gets older.
Tonight we lit the first candle which symbolizes the hope that Jesus gave us when He was born. I know that too many times I have let the busyness of the Christmas season distract me from what this time of year is all about: Jesus.
So this year, let us all remind our family and friends about the true meaning of Christmas.
On an unrelated note, I have completely redesigned my website. It’s a modified version of Jetpacked’s Shooter blue theme. Let me know what you think of it in the comments…
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Casey and Mary Beth,
I know this is a little late, but Congrats on your new family with Caleb. He is so adorable! I can finally check email now, so I caught up on your blog. J bought me a 22 inch computer screen and bolded all of the words so that I can read it with a magnification glass. I am finally reading a little after one whole year of blindness. I still have more eye surgeries to go. I just wanted to let you know that eventhough you haven’t heard from me, I’ve been praying for your famiily. J told me that your parents were in a motorcycle accident, and I heard from someone at church that your mother had breast cancer. Your family has been in my thoughts and prayers constantly.I know that God had gotten me though my nightmare, and he has been a constant in your family’s life as well. It’s just been so difficult for me to communicate with people since everyone does it by email and cards these days. Just know that I’ve been thinking about your family. You are blessed to have each other. By the way, J and I are going to finally get married on July 28th. We were originally going to do it last July until I got sick. Now it’s going to be one HUGE celebration! God Bless, Andrea
Hey, What a great idea to celebrate Advent. I would agree that most people and churches forget that it is okay to celebrate Christ’s birth. And what a great tradition to start with Caleb. He’s a little older than KJ was at Christmas last year. What a fun time to be with family and just enjoy each other and celebrate Christ.
By the way, I was just commenting to myself how much I liked your “new look” website, and then I read that you wanted comments about it. It looks great. It takes a little longer to load, but it is very user friendly.
Have a great time with MB’s family, and enjoy the short time off from work with Caleb.