Our first week of Advent has passed. How did it go?
Did the thought of Christmas and preparing for family already stress you out? Have you not purchased all your gifts yet? Are you wondering how you can stretch your days and find 3 more arms? Is reading all of this making you anxious?
Take a deep breath & let all that anxiety go.
Let’s meet the Lord in prayer.
Father,
Capture our hearts. Capture our minds.
May our minds rest on You. This season was not to bring stress upon us, but to celebrate You and Your arrival. Fill our homes, schedules, and bodies with peace. Daily, come for us. Take away anything that doesn’t look like You. Add to us. Nourish our minds with You – with Your love, grace, compassion, generosity. Lord, grow our desire for You. May we feel it in our bones that we need You and only You. We welcome You into our homes, our parties, our festivities. During this Advent season, unveil Yourself more into our lives. We wait for You.
In Your glorious Name, Amen.
As we enter into the second week of Advent, we pray that our desire as a community of women will be that wake up and think of Christ. When we rise in the morning, let’s celebrate Him. Advent is not a time to think about everything we are doing wrong and what we can be doing right. It’s a time to shift our focus. He wants us to love Him, think about Him…find joy in Him.
Credit: Photo by Meg // Instagram: @eastofseventh
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