This is one of my favorite ways to focus on Jesus during the Advent season: Messiah by Handel!
I have also written a devotional for the month of December that goes along with the libretto:
You can read it online:
http://3yearbiblebookclub.blogspot.com/2016/11/december-messiah-meditations.html
Or download a document:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul28wxndosxkqyy/Messiah%20Meditations%20Devotional.docx?dl=0
I have to say that I enjoy going through this devotional even though I wrote it! LOL!
I had the wonderful privilege of going to his flat in London. I sat in the room where he composed this wonderful piece of music. It was a holy experience:
An interesting fact: Jimmy Hendrix's flat was one floor above Handel's two centuries later! Hendrix was a fan of Messiah as he had two albums of it in his flat:
"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well" (The Little Prince by de Saint-Exupéry). One woman's journey to wellness through a well-adjusted heart, well-watered soul, well-educated mind, and well-tuned body. "Love the Lord your God with all your HEART, and with all your SOUL, and with all your MIND, and with all your STRENGTH" (Mark 12:30-31).
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