For the rest of Advent and Christmas I will be finishing up my gratitude project for the past year. It was never intended to be anything but for me to document my gratitude and blessings, and help me be intentional about living a joy-filled life for the year. It worked! And if I can encourage anyone else to do something like this, with my December “gratitudes”, then Amen!

What follows are photos from the year with Advent scriptures for reading, studying, or just enjoying. Each photo is captioned with the full scripture —  the Advent scriptures from the website handmaden. (Thanks Lauren!) I’m not a photographer, but my IPhone camera has given me much joy this year as well…

I will be updating every day through December instead of writing regular blogposts. Merry Christmas everyone. Peace and blessings to you all.

Isaiah 40:1-5

Isaiah 52-7-10

Isaiah 40:9-11

Genesis 3:8-19

Genesis 15:1-6

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

Psalm 89:1-4

Isaiah 11:1-10

Zechariah 6:12-13

Micah 5:2-4

Malachi 3:1-6

John 1:1

Mark 1:1-3

Luke 1:5-13

Luke 1:14-17

Luke 1:18-25

Luke 1:39-45

Luke 1:46-56

Luke 1:57-66

Luke 1:67-80

Isaiah 7:14

Luke 1:26-38

Plain, Mundane, and Common

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-20

John 1:1-18

John 1:1-18

Blessings on your House

John 1:1-14

Revelation 1:4-8

Revelation 1:7-8