Advent season is just around the corner. Maybe you've started putting up your tree and preparing for this most festive time of the year: the coming of our Savior. While Christmas (and even Advent) can be wrapped up in a lot of hype and commercialism, we know that the heart of this season is that love came down, broke through. God with us. Immanuel. Love is central to God's choice to be in relationship with us.

Recently, Jade and I were at the library and I saw this book by Emma Dodd called "How Big is Love". As I read this book with the perspective that we are God's children, I felt like these words were worth sharing with you. God loves us with big love. This is the love we receive and the love we endeavor to shower on our children, as best we humanly can.

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How Big Is Love?
by Emma Dodd

Before you can, I did not know just how big love could be.

It's wider than the ocean, it's deeper than the sea.

Love's taller than the mountains, it stretches way up high.

Farther than the farthest star, way beyond the sky.

Love goes on and on and on, it fills your heart and mine.

Love's brighter than the brightest light. It makes the whole world shine.

Love never, ever changes, no matter what life brings.

Love lifts you up when you are down. It helps you find your wings.

Love is all around you every single day. And even when life gets hard ,love never goes away.

And you, my loves, have taught me what I know is true: there is nothing bigger than the love I feel for you.

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Friends, may you feel the light and depth of God's big love this coming Advent season in new ways.

I John 3:1 (NIV)
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!