A Blog Award!

Brooke and Sarah both awarded me this blog award! Thank you so much for making me feel so special! I need to award a few people too, but I will wait until after Christmas to do it! Thanks again!

Finally Pictures of our Christmas Program...

 

The Begginner Class...singing "Jesus Cama" to the tune of "Jingle Bells"

 

Molly telling about her "show and tell"..the true meaning of Christmas with a Nativity Ornament

 

 

 

The Primary Class...singing "Joy To The World"

 

 

 

Junior Class singing, "Away In A Manger" in costume

 

 

The Teen Class...Singing "The First Noel" by Ron Hamilton

 

 

 

And last but not least the Patch the Pirate Club, "Happy Birthday to Jesus"

Born To Die

On the night Christ was born

Just before break of morn,

As the stars in the sky were fading,

O'er the place where He lay,

Fell a shadow cold and gray

Of a cross that would humble a King

Jesus knew when He came

He would suffer in shame,

He could feel ev'ry 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 sin to forgive

Born to die upon Calvary

He was wounded that I might live.

Dearest Lord, evermore

May Thy cross I adore

As I follow the path to Calvary;

Of Thy death I partake,

My ambition I forsake--

All my will I surrender to Thee.

By Ron Hamilton

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God's Been Good Monday...

"This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalms 118:24

I just realized that it was Monday, and I needed to do a "God's Been Good" post. I was trying to think about what to post for this Monday, and this verse popped in my mind. If I have nothing else to rejoice in, I can rejoice in the day that the Lord hath made! He is so good to us just in daily blessings! I have no need to complain, to doubt, or to question, but just to be glad in the simplicity that God created it! So, two things that the Lord did for me today are

• I got an email from Jonathan today! Their lights are out again due to the winter storm up in the northeastern states. Please pray that their lights will be on again soon!
• Daddy took us to Olive Garden! Needless to say, I was in a good mood this afternoon!

I also realized that this Saturday I will be celebrating my one year blog-anniversary! I can hardly believe that it has been a year of blogging! Hopefully, I will get an opportunity to reflect back over the last year in blogging throughout the week!

Well, this is a short "God's Been Good" post, but I hope everyone has a great Christmas week!

Why Santa Claus?

 

Have you ever wondered why most parents tell their children that Santa Claus is real? I thought this picture was so hilarious and true. It makes you think twice about telling your kids the story of Santa Claus!

 

*Picture found on Penny Arcade Forum

Away in a Manger

One of my favorite Andy Griffith Shows...Enjoy!

Fear Not...

"But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John."

Luke 1:13

"And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God."

Luke 1:30

"But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."

Matthew 1:20

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."

Luke 2:10

I was thinking on what to post on. It seems like I have been kind of blank everytime I sit down to blog! But I was thinking the other night, when I could not sleep, about all the verses just in the Christmas story where the angel of the Lord told the people to "Fear not!" What a truth for us Christians! We should never fear what God has told us to do, what is in the future, what God has promised to do...never fear...

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

2 Timothy 1:7

Happy Birthday, Papa!

 

Happy Birthday, Papa! We miss you so much this time of year, but we know that you are enjoying your birthday and Christmas in Heaven! We love you! Happy Birthday!