All I really want for Christmas is....

A teenager (TJ) asked me Sunday what I wanted for Christmas. I sounded like my grandma when I said "I just want all my children back at home for the holiday." But that is truly my wish for Christmas--and I will have it for Christmas eve!! Upon further reflection I also REALLY want a fireplace and a true wood fire to curl up beside late on Christmas day. That one will have to wait!!! Christmas is truly about those we love...but a gal can dream!!!! Love to you all! Merry Christmas!

Some scripture to help refocus

A friend just sent me an email with a incredible reminder for Christians to connect 1 Corinthians 13 to our preparations for Christmas. I confess that I get so caught up in my lists and my calendar commitments and schedules. I am grateful today for this reminder not to overlook the people right in front of me while I try to create a Christmas ideal in my head. Please take a minute to check this out: http://www.girlfriendsingod.com/Default.aspx?tabid=97

Here's how to know what you don't know

I just found a Christmas Quiz online. Take a minute and try it. http://quiz.christiansunite.com/Jesus_of_Nazareth/Jesus'_Birth.shtml

Yes we hear the story every year. But do we really hear it, or just bypass the brain. I did good on this quiz, but I stumbled on the Prophecies of the Messiah. And don't I hear them every year? I am sharing them with our children tonight, so I am doing my homework!!
I need to listen and read more this Christmas!!! It is good news again this year!