Merry Christmas!

I have been blessed beyond measure today with gifts, food, family and the true meaning of Christmas! 

A very Merry Christmas! 

A Very Special Christmas

I cannot describe in words the peace that I have felt in the last few weeks as I have been faithfully reading Scripture every day and praying harder than I have before. I am truly amazed. The most important birth of all time is about to be celebrated and I am so, so thankful for His birth and His life He lived for me and for us. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Away in a manger,
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head

The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay.....

Coincidence?

I am a worrier. I have anxiety about many things. Where will I be a year from now? Will I be healthy? Will I be happy? Will we work our way out of debt and into our own home? It's been on my mind a lot lately and something that I have been praying hard about it.

Yesterday, I randomly opened to the Book of Luke and staring at me was Luke 12:25:

"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?  Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?" 

Wow. I guess He heard my prayers and wanted me to see this. I have been saying it over and over again today and even wrote it on a sticky note and placed it on my desk. While He gave me free will, He also set his path for me and by worrying, I am not adding a single minute let alone hour to my life here until I go home to Him. 

I truly feel a connection that I haven't felt in quite some time. It brings peace to this Christmas week. 

He Shows You

This morning I didn't wake early enough to say my prayers or read a Bible passage. I thought that this would make me have an unproductive and faithless morning.

Once again, He showed me that I was incorrect.

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." 

Jeremiah 29:11

This morning one of my volunteer projects was to assemble and deliver Christmas baskets of food and encouragement to those who are less fortunate in these troubled times. I was touched by one family in particular who greeted us with open arms, who Blessed us and thanked God for us and thanked us for the handmade teddy bear that someone had lovingly made that their grandson could now enjoy. How thankful they were for the turkey and trimmings, the daily necessities that they were given. How they told us of their son who was coming home from Afghanistan where he was working with the military Clergy. 

I was humbled. I Blessed them as well, wished them a Merry Christmas and asked them to thank their son for his service to our country. I realized that today, though I have not yet prayed or talked to Him, he has showed me how lucky and blessed I am for the people, faith and things that I have. 

He is in control.