Happy 7th Birthday Anna....

She is getting to be such a big girl. She likes to spend her day crocheting, knitting and playing songs on the piano. She also loves to color pictures and is doing a good job at learning to read. I love my girl and wish her the best birthday.

Merry Christmas!

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name
JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21

May the Lord richly bless your family

as you celebrate the wonder of God's love and His perfect gift to each of us:
***JESUS**

The Gift.....

”He was poor, that he might make us rich.
He was born of a virgin that we might be born of God.
He took our flesh, that he might give us His Spirit.
He lay in the manger, that we may lie in paradise.
He came down from heaven, that he might bring us to heaven….

That the ancient of Days should be born.
that he who thunders in the heavens should cry in the cradle….
that he who rules the stars should suck the breast;
that a virgin should conceive;
that Christ should be made of a woman, and of that woman which himself made,
that the branch should bear the vine,
that the mother should be younger than the child she bare,
and the child in the womb bigger than the mother;
that the human nature should not be God, yet one with God

Christ taking flesh is a mystery we shall never fully understand till we come to heaven

If our hearts be not rocks, this love of Christ should affect us .

Behold love that passeth knowledge!”

~Thomas Watson

The Night When Love Was Born.....

Christ the babe comes in Christmas as Christ the Savior comes on the cross - seeking only our embrace.
The mystery so large becomes the babe so small and infinite God becomes infant.

And if there is no cross in my Christmas, then my Christmas has lost the Christ - What is the manger if not for the Messiah, the One who saves us with the scars?

Christmas isn't a product to wrap, but a person to unwrap.
Christmas cannot be bought.
Christmas cannot be created.
Christmas cannot be made by hand.
Christmas can only be found in the creche, in the cradling trough, in the mire and the stench and the unexpected and unlikely and only only in the person of Christ.

- Devotional Christmas words by Ann Voskamp

Christmas Tree.....
The house is all decorated for Christmas. The kids were a big help and we enjoyed some Christmas music while we worked.

Tommarrow night the kids have their Christmas concert, which I am really excited to see and hope I can take a good video to share with you all.

Jesus - God's Promises Fulfilled

The Promise of His Presence
The virgin will...give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel-which means, "God with us." Matthew 1:23

The Promise of A Saviour
Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11

The Promise of Light
I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. John 8:12

The Promise of Rest
Come to Me...and I will give you rest. My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11:28,30

The Promise of Friendship
I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. John 15:15

The Promise of Joy
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10

Excerpts from Jesus - God's Promises Fulfilled Daily Advent Devotions for the Christmas Season. Each day highlights a promise from God, a Scripture, and conversation starter questions.