just a few things worth noting that i love about this Christmas. right before i take a wee blogging break to soak up this season...
my firstborn is getting on a plane (can't wait to catch up with her), and then there are gifts to be given, delicious meals to make and savour, songs to sing and cycle through my playlist, and cookies to be consumed. there is extended family catch up, and laughter, and a bit of exhaustion too. not gonna lie. hopefully there is also rest, there will be games, candles, and a long awaited baby in a manger...there is beauty and blessings and wonder all over the place, especially if you train your eyes to see it.
Cloverton Hallelujah is still an absolute favourite. the lyrics...
my chalkboard, an extra special reminder from Layla. missing her this year sooo much, but grateful to see her talent all over the house in her artwork.
Layla lands in Tanzania on Christmas day...so fitting, as she brings the gift of Jesus, literally, to the many boys and girls and men and women there who maybe have never heard the very best Christmas news.
these words kinda jumped off the page during our devotional after supper this week. have i mentioned how much i love "the Jesus Storybook Bible" here? "where every story whispers his name"
it's so beautifully written...this is it:
"Mary, you're going to have a baby. A little boy. You will call him Jesus. He is God's own Son. He's the One! He's the Rescuer!"
The God who flung planets into space and kept them whirling around and around, the God who made the universe with just a word, the one who could do anything at all- was making himself small. And coming down...as a baby.
Wait. God was sending a baby to rescue the world?
"But it's too wonderful!" Mary said and felt her heart beating hard. "How can it be true?"
"Is anything too wonderful for God?" (the angel) Gabriel asked.
So Mary trusted God more than what her eyes could see. And she believed. "I am God's servant," she said. "Whatever God says, I will do."
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