to understand the giving Christ coming into the world choosing the cross not a throne made of gold looking to the widow her meager coins added but giving sacrificially love in her heart
so is the moment, Christ come to earth the babe, the manger to understand his humble birth we are given more than we can imagine in his descent from heaven walking as a man
November 30, 2009 Mark 12:41-44 http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=11&day=30&year=2009 and Upper Room Daily Devotional “A Christmas Joy”, by Jack Ballard for November 30, 2009 & Isaiah 2:1-4 Jeremiah 33:14-15 Luke 1:46-50 (Call to Worship) and sermon, “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, http://www.suncookumc.org Suncook United Methodist Church Suncook, NH November 29, 2009 First Sunday of Advent part of a series of sermons, using the Advent Conspiracy http://www.adventconspiracy.org/