Advent Pre-Season

It is Advent time.  I am a little late in posting but I have been celebrating all along.  It was hard to find just the right guide to go by.  Growing up Baptist I just thought the advent was someting the Catholic did.  I found the idea of celebrating with candles and bible verses each night together with family very exciting.
I googled advent calendar.  What I found were a bunch of things that when you open a window you got chocolate or some kind of toy each day for twenty five days. I finally found something to go by with one bible verse each day.  I used that but somehow that just wasnt enough,  it left me longing to celebrate more of Jesus.  His birthday is more than one small verse.  He deserves more than a small thought.  I am now using the verses in the previous post.  I wonder if that longing is anything like Isreal felt as they longed for The Messiah. I want to seize every moment to celebrate Him.  I think next years goals as focus will be to celebrate who he is intentionally with every act, ok more on that later.  Back to what I was telling you about.  Celebrating The advent with the candles representing hope peace love and the Holy Spirit is my beginning.