Jesse Tree: Part 1

Up until November of this year I had never heard of a Jesse Tree. My dear friend Chrys (check out her info on Jesse Trees) introduced me to this advent craft/family devotional. After further research I can not tell you how excited I became about making our first Jesse Tree.
Families approach the creation of their Jesse tree in different ways. Typically everyday the family opens an ornament to hang on a special tree. Each ornament symbolizes a Bible Story leading up to the birth of Jesus. Along with the ornament the family reads the scripture verses that go with the ornament and completes a devotional. We wanted the girls to be as involved as possible so this year they helped in making many of the ornaments.

Day1: The stump of Jesse. The girls and I started by making our own family tree. Then Scott lead a devotional taking us back through Jesus' family tree to King David and finally Jesse. We ended with family prayer and great anticipation as to what we would learn the next day.

Day 2: The Earth : God Created the heavens and the earth. He is the creator of all things, and all of the things He created were perfect. We followed the same format as the day before with Scott leading us and ending with family prayer.

Day 3 The Fall: By way of Adam and Eve's disobedience sin enters the world. Day 4: The Flood

Day 5: God's Covenant with Abraham Day 6: Birth of Issac Day 7 Tower of Babel