First Day of Advent

"Advent" means "coming." Today marks the first day of Advent, the season during which we prepare our hearts to remember Jesus's first coming. It's not just a "Happy Birthday" event we celebrate. Rather, it's a season for considering the astonishing reality that God took on human form and lived among us, God with us! Immanuel—that is one of his names, and it's Hebrew for "God with us!" Incarnation. God in the flesh. Amazing!

Because today is the first day of advent, today is the first day in the Christian year. Happy New Year!