And so it begins...

The tree is up, the decorations are out and it looks like Christmas! (minus snow..)  The countdown begins with our Advent Calendar and our number blocks!  This year for our Advent Calendar we are focusing on Christ and His Miracles.. Day 1..Puzzle and "The Plan"...the Plan of Heavenly Father, likening the puzzle to how it all plays out and comes together when we have the fullness of the Gospel.  Day 2....Gingerbread cookie cutters and making Gingerbread Boys, likening it to the part of the plan that allows us to come and recieve a body, a body that is in the Image of Our Father in Heaven and Our Savior and brother..Jesus Christ.  Day 3...Coal, likening it to the Atonement....the part of the plan that made it necessary for the birth of our Savior, for without his birth there would not be someone to bridge that gap so we could return home where no unclean thing is permitted.  Therefore our Sins as dirty as coal would not allow us to go back to where we came from.  Day 4....Pencils, reminding us of the Savior who was placed on a wooden cross to suffer the physical pain along with the spiritual and emotion pain that would set us free.  Day 6......a Plant, reminding us of the resurrection and the knowledge of life after death, a new beginning for Eternity..faith in the growing stages from a seed and how it needs to be nourished on a daily basis.