"O Holy Night, The stars are brightly shining. It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth." It's been a few years since the last time I shared an Advent blogpost series here on Heather and the Highlands, but I thought the time was right to bring back a wee Advent series in the run up to Christmas. This year, I'm going to focus on one of my favourite Christmas songs, O Holy Night. The beginning of the song is a part that I skip over a lot of the time, but I actually think of

"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18 We had our first flurry of snow recently in the Scottish Highlands. Unlike a lot of people, I love when we get snow here in the Scottish Highlands. I love the way it brightens up our dark winters here. I love the crunch of the snow under my feet and I love the way my dog enjoys playing in

""Though the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace...

"Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock." Isaiah 26:4 One of my favourite things about this time of year is...

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so...