It is so easy to run through the season before Christmas and get so caught up in the busyness, consumerism, and secularism of the season and completely miss the core meaning. The message of Advent leads us to have a season where we prepare our hearts for the coming Messiah, looking forward to Christmas as those who lived before the birth of Jesus looked forward with hopeful anticipation for the coming Messiah. John Piper from Desiring God has written a great little 25-day devotion for Advent and is making the e-book or PDF version available on the Desiring God website for free. So I want to encourage you to download and use as you seek to have a Christ-centered holiday season.
