with my grandparents at our house this fall My Bigmama reads my blog! She gets it in her email and pretty often she sends me a response that is encouraging and supportive. It's a real gift to have your grandmother let you know how proud she is of you and offer her insights into what you are wriring! After she read the {Mary}Christmas post on Wednesday, she sent me this: Have you ever thought "How did Mary's mother feel?" What were her fears, her reality, her wonder, her relationship ... [Read More]
Have Yourself a {Mary} Little Christmas – Part 2
"But one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her." Luke 10:42 Mary of Bethany ... the contemplative, earnest, passionate woman who sat at the feet of Christ and then annointed those same feet with her perfume and tears. Certainly we can learn from her. To be honest, she intimidates me. In fact, she intimidates me even more than the Proverbs 31 woman. Mrs. P31 I can relate to ... she was busy, a worker. Mary, on the other hand ... she ... [Read More]
Have Yourself a {Mary} Little Christmas, Part 1
And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." Luke 1:38 Our journey to a Mary Christmas begins at the most obvious spot ... with the teenage girl who was "highly favored" and chosen to bear the Son of God. Mary, probably around age 14, betrothed to Joseph, likely a bit older than her. Just about two years older than my own girl, who will be 12 in February. I look around at the girls in my church. Good girls, godly girls. But still ... [Read More]
10 Ways to Help inYour Community
As many as 3.5 million people in the United States are homeless during any given week. {source} One of every six children in the United States is at risk for malnourishment. {source} 46.2 million people in the United States live at or below the poverty threshold as of September 13, 2011. {source} The needs for food and clothing and compassion do exist exclusively in countries far away ... and in all likelihood, they exist down the street or, at most, across town, from your own home. When we ... [Read More]
Have Yourself a {Mary} Little Christmas – Introduction
Not all women are Marthas, but even women who aren't generally become Marthas at Christmas. How else would Christmas get done if it weren't for us. ~ Brenda Poinsett Gift-buying. Menu-making. Present-wrapping. Cookie-baking. House-decorating. Tree-trimming. Party-hosting. Photo-taking. No-sleeping. It's the most wonderful time of the year! And the most exhausting. Whether we busy ourselves with Jesse Trees and Advent wreaths or Santa Claus and The Nutcracker Suite or some combination of ... [Read More]
Giving {Living} Beyond: Samaritan’s Purse
Samaritan's Purse. Operation Christmas Child. Shoeboxes. Franklin Graham. Goats. Wait? Goats? What do goats have to do with Samaritan's Purse? Maybe you, like me apparently, have been living under a rock and had no idea that Samaritan's Purse has a gift catalog ... filled with amazing ways to bless others around the world, some for under $10! How does giving a goat {$70} make a difference? Watch this: $70 to change a community ... maybe instead of that new game for the Wii or Xbox, ... [Read More]
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