So, the inspiration for this project came because I really wanted to focus on Christ and the true meaning of Christmas during this last Christmas season. I feel like during December there are a lot of things that remind you of the story of the birth of the Savior (since that is what Christmas is a celebration of), but I wanted to focus more on Jesus Christ Himself, who He was, and how I could become more like Him. So I came up with an idea for an advent calendar that would focus not on the birth of the Savior, but on the attributes of the Savior. I came up with 25 different attributes of Jesus Christ, a symbol to represent each of them, and then designed ornaments to put on a magnetic Christmas tree. I also came up with scriptures to go with each attribute. Since coming up with just one scripture for each attribute would have been impossible (there are too many good ones), and since you don't want to just read the same thing every year, I actually came up with 10 years worth of scriptures for each attribute. So each year you read a different set of scriptures (I numbered the scriptures for each attribute from 1-10).
Anyway, so I've been working on this project since December, and I finally completed it, and I wanted to share my finished product with you. I hope that it helps my family focus on the Savior and the true meaning of Christmas each December. Now I can't wait for Christmas to come again so we can use it! :)
So, that's what it looks like. And then here's the list of attributes that are represented on the ornaments with the scriptures that go with them:
Advocate
1. D&C 29:5
2. Mosiah 15:7-9
3. Isaiah 53:12
4. 1 John 2:1-2; Moroni 7:28
5. D&C 45:3-5
6. D&C 62:1
7. D&C 110:1-5
8. 3 Nephi 17:13-17
9. 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 2 Nephi 2:9-10
10. Micah 7:9
Bread of Life
1. John 6:35
2. Alma 5:33-34
3. Deut 8:2-3
4. John 6:47-51
5. 2 Nephi 9:50-51
6. 3 Nephi 20:3-9
7. Isaiah 55:1-3
8. Revelation 7:13-17
9. John 4:7-14
10. Matthew 14:15-21
Charity
1. Matthew 5:43-48
2. Matthew 22:36-40
3. Luke 6:27-38
4. Luke 10:25-37
5. Moroni 7:45-48
6. 1 Cor 13
7. 1 Peter 4:8; D&C 88:125
8. Romans 8:35, 37-39
9. 1 John 4:7-21
10. 1 Nephi 11:14-23
Creator
1. D&C 93:8-10
2. Mosiah 3:8
3. D&C 38:1-3
4. D&C 76:22-24
5. Moses 1:31-33
6. 3 Nephi 9:15
7. 2 Nephi 2:14-16
8. D&C 88:41-47
9. Moses 2:26-27
10. Isaiah 45:11-12
Diligence
1. D&C 64:33-34; Mosiah 4:27
2. Helaman 10:4-5
3. D&C 6:20; D&C 90:24; D&C 88:63
4. Mosiah 7:33; D&C 104:78-80
5. Jacob 5:70-75
6. Alma 37:38-46
7. Luke 9:23-24; D&C 127:4
8.Moroni 9:3-6
9. D&C 107:99-100; D&C 58:26-28
10. D&C 75:2-5; D&C 123:12-17
Eternal Perspective
1. Matthew 6:19-21
2. Jacob 2:18-19
3. Mark 10:21
4. D&C 58:2-4; 2 Nephi 9:18
5. D&C 19:16-19
6. Alma 32:41-43
7. 1 Peter 1:3-9
8. Matthew 5:10-12; D&C 101:35-38
9. Luke 12:15-34
10. D&C 121:7-8
Exemplar
1. 2 Nephi 31:6-21
2. John 13:13-15
3. John 14:6
4. 1 Peter 2:21-23
5. John 10:27-28
6. 3 Nephi 12:48
7. 3 Nephi 18:5-7
8. 3 Nephi 18:16, 24-25
9. 3 Nephi 27:21-22
10. 3 Nephi 27:27
Faith
1. Alma 32:21-22, 26-30, 41-43
2. Mark 5:22-42
3. Matthew 14:25-32; Ephesians 6:13-16
4. Luke 17:5-10; Daniel 3:17-18
5. D&C 63:8-12; Ether 12:6-9
6. Alma 34:15-18; James 2:14-22, 26
7. Enos 1:4-18
8. 3 Nephi 19:16-36
9. Ether 3:4-20, Ether 4:7
10. 1 Nephi 17:49-51; Moroni 7:33; Philippians 4:13
Good Shepherd
1. Psalms 23
2. D&C 50:40-42, 44
3. Isaiah 40:11
4. Ezekial 34:1-16, 25-28
5. John 10:14-16
6. Hebrews 13:20-21
7. 1 Peter 5:1-4
8. 1 Nephi 22:25
9. Mosiah 26:20-21
10. Alma 5:37-41, 60
Healer
1. Alma 7:10-12
2. Alma 33:19-23
3. Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 13:10-13
4. Mark 5:25-34
5. James 5:13-16
6. Luke 6:17-19; 3 Nephi 17:5-9
7. Isaiah 53:3-5; 1 Peter 2:24
8. 1 Nephi 11:31
9. Mosiah 3:5-6; Matthew 4:23-24
10. Exodus 15:26; 2 Chronicles 7:14
Hope
1. Ether 12:4
2. 2 Nephi 31:20
3. Isaiah 1:18
4. Alma 22:16
5. Romans 5:3-5
6. Romans 8:24-25
7. Romans 15:4
8. Ether 12:32
9. Moroni 7:40-42
10. Romans 15:13
Humility
1. Matthew 18:2-4; Mosiah 3:19
2. Matthew 11:28-30; D&C 12:8; D&C 112:10
3. Alma 13:27-29; Moroni 8:26
4. Hebrews 12:5-11; Jacob 4:10
5. Ether 12:27; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
6. Luke 18:9-17; D&C 97:1-2
7. Philippians 2:3-11
8. D&C 136:31-33; Alma 32:12-16
9. Helaman 3:33-35; Colossians 3:12-15
10. Matthew 5:5; Isaiah 61:1
Knowledge
1. Isaiah 11:1-5
2. Mosiah 4:11-12; Alma 17:1-4; Alma 26:22
3. 2 Nephi 9:20; 2 Nephi 2:24; D&C 101:32-34
4. Ephesians 4:11-15; D&C 84:19-20; D&C 88:118
5. Moroni 10:4-5; James 1:5-6; D&C 9:7-8; D&C 42:61
6. D&C 93:19-20, 24-28, 36-37, 39-40; Moroni 7:15-19; John 17:3
7. Moses 5:4-12
8. 2 Chronicles 1:7-12; Proverbs 3:13-26; Proverbs 9:8-10
9. Isaiah 5:13; D&C 131:6; D&C 130:18-19
10. D&C 121:26-33; 2 Nephi 32:3-5; D&C 76:5-10
Lamb of God
1. Isaiah 53:7; Mosiah 15:6-8
2. Moses 5:4-7; Alma 34:10-15
3. 1 Nephi 10:7-10; John 1:29-37
4. 1 Peter 1:18-21
5. Revelation 5
6. Revelation 7:9-17
7. 1 Nephi 12:6-11
8. D&C 133:17-19; D&C 65
9. 1 Nephi 13:40; Alma 7:14
10. D&C 88:106-107
Light of the World
1. D&C 93:1-2, 6-9; D&C 84:45-47
2. Isaiah 60:19-20; Revelation 21:23-24
3. Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:12-17
4. Micah 7:7-9; Mosiah 16:9
5. Luke 2:25-33
6. John 1:1-9
7. John 8:12; John 12:35-36; 2 Nephi 10:13-14
8. 3 Nephi 11:10-11
9. 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalms 27:1; Isaiah 2:5
10. D&C 6:21; D&C 88:49-50, 67
Merciful
1. Hebrews 4:14-16; Isaiah 55:6-9; Isaiah 1:18
2. Luke 6:35-38; Matthew 18:21-35
3. Alma 36:12-21; Proverbs 16:6-7
4. Matthew 5:7, 38-42; Alma 26:12-20, 35-37
5. Moroni 10:3; Nehemiah 9:13-20, 30-31; Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 54:7-8, 10
6. Deuteronomy 4:27-31; 2 Chronicles 30:9; Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14 (see footnote 11a)
7. D&C 101:1-9; Mosiah 29:18-20; Psalms 32:10
8. Matthew 9:11-13; John 8:3-11
9. Alma 42:14-31
10. Luke 15; D&C 18:10-13; D&C 128:19
Minister
1. Luke 10:25-37
2. John 13:3-17; Matthew 20:25-28
3. Matthew 25:31-40; Mosiah 2:17; John 21:14-17
4. Mosiah 18:8-10; Moroni 6:3-5; D&C 84:106; Isaiah 35:3
5. D&C 42:29-31, 34; Isaiah 58:6-11; Mosiah 4:21, 26
6. Matthew 4:23; Mark 1:38-42; Matthew 15:29-38
7. Luke 4:18-19; Matthew 11:2-5
8. Luke 4:31-44; Mark 2:1-17
9. Matthew 9:35-38; Matthew 10:1, 5-8; Luke 9:6
10. John 5:1-9; Luke 7:11-15
Obedience
1. John 14:15, 21, 23; John 15:10-11
2. D&C 19:24; Luke 22:41-44; Hebrews 5:8-9
3. D&C 56:2
4. 1 Nephi 3:7; 1 Nephi 17:1-3
5. James 1:22-25; Matthew 7:21-27
6. Alma 37:35; Luke 11:28
7. D&C 89:18-21
8. John 7:17
9. D&C 101:43-62
10. 3 Nephi 27:13; Mosiah 15:7
Patience
1. Hebrews 12:1-2; D&C 101:37-38
2. James 5:7-11; D&C 67:13
3. Romans 8:24-25; Hebrews 10:35-36; D&C 98:1-3
4. Romans 5:3-4; James 1:2-4
5. Mosiah 23:21; Mosiah 24:8-16
6. D&C 24:8; D&C 54:10
7. Matthew 18:21-22; 1 Thessalonians 5:14
8. Alma 34:40-41; 1 Peter 2:19-23; Alma 38:3-5
9. Alma 17:11; Alma 26:26-31
10. D&C 98:23-32, 39-48
Prince of Peace
1. Isaiah 9:6
2. John 16:33
3. Matthew 11:28-30; John 14:18
4. Matthew 5:9, 21-24; James 1:19-20
5. Alma 38:8; Mosiah 4:1-3
6. John 14:27
7. Isaiah 54:10-13
8. D&C 19:23
9. Matthew 5:4; D&C 101:16; Isaiah 51:3, 11-12
10. 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
Rock
1. Helaman 5:12; D&C 50:44
2. 2 Nephi 9:45
3. Acts 4:10-12
4. Jacob 4:15-16
5. 1 Peter 2:6-8
6. Psalms 18:2
7. Psalms 118:21-23; Matthew 21:33-44
8. Isaiah 8:13-15
9. Moses 7:53
10. Ephesians 2:19-21
Savior and Redeemer
1. 2 Nephi 2:6-9, 26-27; 2 Nephi 25:26
2. Isaiah 63:7-9
3. John 3:16-17; 1 John 4:9-10, 14
4. 2 Nephi 1:15
5. Alma 7:9-16
6. Ether 3:14
7. Helaman 5:9
8. Isaiah 53:4-11; Isaiah 25:8-9
9. 1 Nephi 10:4-6; 2 Nephi 9:21-23
10. Mosiah 3:1-13, 17, 20-21
Selfless
1. Mark 8:34-35; Luke 14:27-33
2. Luke 9:57-62; Matthew 19:29
3. Mosiah 3:5-10
4. John 10:15-18; D&C 98:13
5. Mark 6:27-56
6. Mosiah 15:1, 5-8
7. D&C 18:11-13; D&C 19:16-19
8. D&C 4:2-5
9. Matthew 19:16-22; Helaman 10:4-5
10. Hebrews 2:14-18
Teacher
1. Matthew 4:23; Mark 1:21-22
2. 3 Nephi 26:1-14
3. Luke 7:36-48
4. Luke 8:1, 4-15
5. Isaiah 28:9-10; John 14:26
6. Alma 37:32-34
7. Luke 2:42-47
8. D&C 88:77-81, 118-119
9. Romans 10:13-15; 2 Timothy 2:24-26
10. Luke 24:13-32
Virtue
1. 1 John 3:2-3; 1 Timothy 4:12
2. 1 Peter 1:15-19
3. Matthew 5:8; Psalms 24:3-5; D&C 97:15-16
4. Matthew 5:27-30; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
5. 1 Chronicles 28:9
6. Proverbs 31:10-12
7. Philippians 4:8-9; Article of Faith 13
8. D&C 133:4-6; D&C 38:24
9. D&C 88:67-68, 74-75; D&C 121:45-46
10. Mormon 9:28-29; D&C 59:9-12
And I'll just leave you with one last scripture that I read this week during my scripture study and really liked that seems to fit well with this theme of focusing on the Savior:
"And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved."
I know that Jesus Christ lives, and I am so grateful for the perfect man He is and His willingness to suffer and die for the sins of all God's children so that we can all have the opportunity to repent, learn, change, and become like our Father in Heaven and return to live with Him and with our families after this life. What a beautiful gift Christ has given us. I leave these thoughts with you in the name of my Savior, Jesus Christ, amen.
