I always have loved Christmas decorations. I wish we could leave them up all year!For the 2nd day of Christmas, I wanted to give y’all a peak into my home so y’all can see the beautiful decorations my family has accumulated over the years. The Lovely Christmas Decorations… We have two Christmas trees. One with colored lights, one with white lights. I like the one with white lights best. White lights seem more traditional and more Christmas-y to me. Which… Read more »
As promised, I’m doing a 12 Days of Christmas series, and today is the 1st Day of Christmas. I hope y’all enjoy hearing my favorite Christmas songs. I want to know yours too, so be sure to comment the title of your favorite Christmas song (or songs)!So, without further ado…. My Top 5 Favorite Christmas Songs #5- Let it Snow/ Sleigh Ride I love Let it Snow, and I love Sleigh Ride, so I ESPECIALLY love Point of Grace’s mash-up… Read more »
…And it’s Christmas Time now! *Whew* Finals were intense. The tests themselves weren’t that bad; I just hated how the only thing to do all week was just studying. That’s it.And all my friends were studying too, so I didn’t want to interrupt their studying to hang out with them. There was nothing else to do. I couldn’t even go to class to pass the time! (And if I was wishing to go to class, you can bet I was bored!)… Read more »
December: nativities, and decorations, and candy canes, and Christmas trees, and lights, and (paper) snowflakes, and cookies!I love December! I love how everything is decorated for Christmas, and there’s a joyful and peaceful feeling I have during the month.There’s just something so exciting about celebrating the birth of Jesus for an entire month. Unfortunately, December is also the time for finals. Oh joy. As a result, I won’t be blogging for the next two weeks in order to adequately prepare for my… Read more »
It can be super easy to be thankful for the good in life. Food, water, family, shelter, Jesus, you know, the traditional answers to the “What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?” question. Being thankful for happy things, is fantastic. It is a great place to start when beginning a journey to be thankful in all things. However, we can’t stop there. Giving thanks isn’t a suggestion; it isn’t a nice thought, nor is it something we can just do… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you’re having a wonderful day with family and friends!Today is relaxing for my family. (Saturday we’re going to my Grandparents’ for Thanksgiving with our extended family.) We woke up and watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, while eating our traditional Thanksgiving morning oatmeal. Then, we started to watch Miracle on 34th Street. Later today, we’re going to have a Thanksgiving meal, just the four of us. Every year at Thanksgiving, my mom places five kernels of… Read more »
This is a week of giving thanks, a week of gratitude, a week of gratefulness. Typically, on thanksgiving day, I make a list of everything that pops into my head that I’m thankful for. Most likely this year won’t be any different.I had a thought, however. What if I tweeted with the hashtag “so thankful” every time I thought of something to be thankful for. After all, thankfulness is a way of life, not just one day on the calender…. Read more »
I love my church. It’s a small congregation compared to the church I grew up in, and I think it’s the perfect size. The people are so friendly and welcoming. For instance, this past Sunday after Sunday School, some sweet little old lady tip-toed into our classroom. She told us, in an adorable accent, that if any of us didn’t have a place to stay over Thanksgiving, she and her husband were more than happy to welcome us into their… Read more »
It occurred to me that I haven’t blogged in over a week. (Oops.) And it’s not because I’ve been busy, but rather because I couldn’t think of any good ideas *she admits guiltily.* But, have no fear, I had a splendid idea tonight :) You see, my church service today was about gratitude and thanksgiving and how our thankfulness should spring from God forgiving us. Then, tonight I went to a girls-only Bible study and we talked about thanksgiving there… Read more »
The following are some of my favorite quotes (twelve of them, in fact, because today is November twelfth). Enjoy and be inspired :) God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. -John Piper You don’t loose friends, because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it. -Mandy Hale Is it weird to anybody else that we equate worshiping God with music? As if worship is something… Read more »
