O Holy Night

1.O holy night, the stars are brightly shining,
it is the night of the dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
'till He appeared and the soul felt it's worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!

Chorus
Fall on your knees,
oh hear the angel voices,
oh night divine, oh night when Christ was born.
Oh night divine, oh night when Christ was born.

2.Led by the light of faith serenely beaming
with glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,
here come the wise men from Orient land.
The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger,
in all our trials born to be our friend.

3.Truly He taught us to love one another,
his law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother,
and in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful

On a day when the weather feels like it could be Easter Sunday,we anticipate the coming of Christmas. Only 4 days until Christmas and the weather is in the 60's and sunny. I was outside enjoying the weather earlier today and got to thinking about the weather and how it felt like Easter weather...how fitting to be thinking about Easter at this time of the year. We celebrate the birth of our Saviour because He came to die for our sins. 

Jesus knew when He came

He would suffer in shame;

He could feel every pain and sorrow.

But He left Paradise,

With His blood He paid the price-

My redemption to Jesus I owe.

Born to die upon Calvary,

Jesus suffered my sins to forgive;

Born to die upon Calvary,

He was wounded that I might live.

*Ron Hamilton

Let's not forget the real reason why we celebrate Christmas. We are celebrating the birth of a King!! 

Where Has the Time Gone??

I guess I better catch up.

Time has just sorta,well...

flown by.

I have been just a little busy...

 With Christmas right around the corner I have been busy shopping and getting ready for Christmas...and with all the shopping I have done so far I still have to go out tomorrow and go shopping. Dad,Josiah,and I went out shopping tonight. It is like a tradition in our family that dad takes us kids shopping right before Christmas to get stuff for mom. The group of "us kids" is slowly dwindling down...we are down to two of us. 

This whole Christmas season has been a little different. It is the first Christmas that Anna and Olivia haven't either been at home or nearby. I do miss them greatly...

I have been working about 30 hours a week,so that consumes a lot of time. I have been shift manager for a couple of weeks now and it has been going well for the most part...but there are some bad days.

School has been going well. I just got done telling a friend that I don't really mind school...which is rather shocking to hear myself say. I didn't say I enjoy it,I just said I don't mind it!! Christmas vacation is coming up in about 4 days and I am pretty excited about that!! 

I have been pretty busy with church stuff as well. I am teaching the 4-5 year old Junior Church this Sunday,playing offertories and specials,helping in nursery,and so on. We went caroling two Wednesdays ago and this past Wednesday was our youth group Christmas party.

 

 It still hasn't really dawned on me that Christmas is in less then a week...I am not really sure why.

Well I think this is a good enough update for now. I have a long list of things to do tonight and I am hoping to get most of them done!! I will TRY,I am not promising anything,but I will try to be a little more faithful in posting.

Hope you are all enjoying the holidays and remembering the real reason for the season!

True joy is not found in presents,but in His Presence. 

 

 

Christmastime is Here

 It's been a long time since I've posted...sorry. It's been pretty busy around here. 

I have been preparing for Christmas and all it's joy that it brings.

I have been reflecting on the amazing love of God. To think that He would send His Son born in a manger many years ago.

Willing to give up His own precious Son as a gift to all men who will receive it.

I can't quite grasp all this love.

God sent His only Son,the One He loves so dearly,for ME!?!?! 

  Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

2 Corinthians 9:15

May I have a heart of thanksgiving this Christmas season!!

lights

ice

cookies

manger scene

Merry Christmas Y'all!!!!

Thanksgiving

O give thanks unto the Lord;for he is good.

Psalm 107:1 

Happy late Thanksgiving!!

 I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
My family and I went down to my sister and brother-in-laws house in NC for Thanksgiving.It was so good to spend time with family,though I missed my dear sister and her husband. I am thankful that we got to talk on Thanksgiving. We ate,played games,ate,walked,ate,shopped,ate,made cards,and ate some more.Ate least it seems like we ate this much!!! Here are some pictures that I took throughout the time we were down there (mainly for my sister in Texas!!) ...

peeling apples for pie

making pie crust

rolling pie dough

Anna and Mom working in the kitchen on pies

we played Logo's and some how I ended up beating dad!! That was a HUGE,first time, accomplishment.

pumpkin pie

making pumpkin pie

Thanksgiving table

Mexican train dominoes

Dad,Matt,Josiah and I went shopping on Thursday night..and what did I get??? Skittles!! These were the dessert ones and they caused lots of laughter....we were eating them as we played dominoes and it made dad a little crazy...

Dad's skittles eyes...see I told you they made him a little crazy!!

dominoes

making cards

 I am so thankful for my family. The time we spend together and the memories we make! We missed you Liv and Trevor!!!!