Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent – the Sunday of Joy. You direct me on a path that leads to a beautiful life. As I walk with You, the pleasures are never-ending, and I know true joy and contentment. (Acts 2:28 The Voice) Today I’d like you to meet Shannon Taylor Vannatter’s cat. She […]
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Today is the third Sunday of Advent – the Sunday of Love. For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends. (John 15:13 The Passion Translation) This week, I’d like to introduce you to Elizabeth Maddrey’s puppy. […]
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Today is the second Sunday of Advent – the Sunday of Peace. And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must […]
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Today is the first Sunday of Advent – the Sunday of Hope. Celebrate with praises the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has shown us his extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has given us a new life — we are reborn to experience a living, energetic hope through the resurrection […]
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“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 KJV Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent! We light the fourth candle, the candle of JOY. This is our response to the wonderful gift God has given us in the birth of Jesus. […]
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Today is the third Sunday of Advent! We light the third candle, the candle of LOVE. John 3:16 tells us that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but will have have eternal life. Love is the heart of Christmas! In comments, […]
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Today is the second Sunday of Advent! We light the second candle, the candle of PEACE. Even when all around us is messy, the hope we have in Jesus gives us peace. How are your Christmas preparations coming along? Do you decorate multiple themed trees? Have a Dickens village? Collect angels, like I do? Also, […]
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Today is the first Sunday of Advent! We light the first candle, the candle of HOPE. Hope is amazing! What would we do without it? If Jesus hadn’t been born, we couldn’t be born again. Let that sink in… Have you started baking for Christmas yet? I definitely have not, but I have a few […]
Being still
Christmas is such a busy time! Every year, I find myself in a flurry of never-ending to-do lists, rushing from one half-finished task to the next, getting more and more stressed the nearer it gets to Christmas Eve. Celebration meals to plan, buy and prepare. Gifts to choose and wrap. Cards or emails to write and […]
WAITING FOR THE LIGHT
This past weekend, on the Friday after Thanksgiving as is our tradition, we pulled out our Christmas decorations and set up the tree. Last year I broke down and replaced our twenty-five year old tree with a new one. The old tree had to be built limb by limb and didn’t include lights. The new […]