The tree lights shimmered. Their reflection bounced off the hard-wood floor. Outside the hot chocolate sky kissed the marshmallow ground. The snow reflects His creativity. Each individual snow flake drifting to the ground, disappearing into a vast blanket of white. The lights a reminder that He is hope shining in a dark world. A light that can never be dulled. This reflects Advent. The little boy, his face beaming at his first glimpse of snow. I look at him and can't help but think Continue Reading
A Few of My Favorite {Christmas} Things
I love everything about Christmas. It's always been magical to me. Here are just a few of my favorite things about the most wonderful time of the year! Listening to Linus recite the Christmas story. Truly, I could just fast forward to that part of the movie. Hearing him share the birth of our Savior gives me the warm fuzzies! Watching Christmas Vacation with my husband a thousand times between Thanksgiving and the New Year. You can't help but laugh no matter how many times you've seen it. Continue Reading
The Heart of Christmas….
Do you remember the anticipation you felt as a child? Counting down the days until Christmas. It's like it would NEVER arrive. Do you still anticipate Christmas? Or do you dread it? As adults, we often loose that sense of wonder. Why? It should still be as magical as it was when we were kids. Not because of a jolly guy in a red suit or gifts piled under a Christmas tree. The magic should bubble up from the deepest places in our souls because of the One who lives there - the ultimate Continue Reading