{"product_id":"we-wait-for-the-lord-another-jesse-tree","title":"We Wait for the Lord: Another Jesse Tree","description":"You want Advent to feel like what it is — a holy season of waiting and preparation. But the world around you is already celebrating, and the familiar Jesse Tree stories you have read together before no longer grab your children’s attention or invite them into this sacred season. \n\nThe Church gives us four weeks to slow down, to wait, to prepare, but if you are honest, even you have a hard time entering the waiting when everything around you is already celebrating. You have tried the Jesse Tree before, and you know it is beautiful, but familiarity has a way of dulling wonder. You find yourself reading aloud to glazed eyes...until your family drifts away from the study...and from Advent altogether.\n\nProduct Description\nCatholic families who love the Jesse Tree tradition need a fresh set of stories that can recapture the wonder of waiting and hold the whole family in a spirit of anticipation, all the way to Christmas Eve.\n\nWe Wait for the Lord is a fresh Jesse Tree Advent devotional built around 29 lesser-known men and women of the Old Testament. These men and women rarely get the spotlight, but their stories are just as essential to the story of salvation. \n\nOpen it on the first Sunday of Advent and go. No prep. Just gather your family and go.\n\nEach day, your family will meet a figure that may be new to them. They will see the unshakeable faith of Job, the confident obedience of Caleb, and the surprising women God placed at the center of salvation history: Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, Miriam, Rahab, Anna. Even the imperfect ones — Esau, Saul — are here, because their stories reveal something just as important: nothing we do can stop God's love from pursuing us. \n\nMake This Advent Holy\nWith this book, your family enters Advent with something they don't have: genuine curiosity. These are stories they haven't heard before, figures they haven't met, and a God whose relentless pursuit of humanity keeps revealing itself in new and surprising ways. Each night as you read the devotion, your children lean in, and the waiting becomes real. And on Christmas morning, when you place the final figure in the Jesse Tree, your family will feel the joy of the people who have truly waited for their King.\n\nAge Recommendation\nWe Wait for the Lord is written to be read aloud in a family or classroom setting. It is ideal for school-age children through adults, and works beautifully for families with a wide range of ages gathered together. Designed to be used year after year, no matter how long Advent happens to be.\n\nEach day's reflection follows the same format:\n-Colorful image\n-Scripture passage\n-Reflection that connects to Jesus\n-Family prayer\nYou can complete each day's devotion in five minutes or less.\n\nProduct Specifications \nWe Wait for the Lord is a beautiful hardcover book with a gold emboss on the cover. The book measures 5” x 8”. With your devotional, you will also receive a book of 36 reusable stickers and a 10” x 16” poster to use in your home year after year.","brand":"Catholic Sprouts LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509224759607,"sku":"BK-WLAJT-01","price":42.02,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/2546\/8471\/files\/569fde5bd358882dd3891df6f5507ba95dac84607afb297fa575d53de2c38d74.png?v=1793766493","url":"https:\/\/hopemkt.ca\/products\/we-wait-for-the-lord-another-jesse-tree","provider":"Heaven On Planet Earth Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}