Most of you are probably already do this, but we never really embraced the liturgy or the church calendar as opportunity to "consider Jesus" - His life, His being man, His being God - putting His life in the context of a yearly cycle of seasons, the ordinary and the extra ordinary.
I was thinking that pondering Jesus the child was a good way to approach Advent but if you take the church calendar as opportunity to ponder the life of Christ, Jesus the child doesn't come until a brief moment in the middle of January.
Advent would fill with considering His mother and step-father and their preparation, their musings, misgivings, wondering about all the things that God did preparing for His Son to come to earth.
There might be a couple in your church getting ready for a Christmas baby. You may have an unwed teen expecting a baby. You may have someone who is wondering how they will be able to financially support themselves and an expected child. You may have a couple who has to take a long trip at the end of their pregnancy. . .
Last year we had a couple a toddlers with new babies at home between Christmas and Thanksgiving. Sometimes when you're in the throes of newbabydom you don't think about tying the stories of the baby Jesus to the new baby in your house. That's a pretty multi-sensory, experientially meaningful experience for any age but even to very little people.
Many unexpected God-given opportunities to you as you "consider Jesus" during this season.
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