I will bless you...and you will be a blessing to others. Genesis 12:2
God will bless me. I need to slow down and accept His blessings so that I can bless others. If I don't accept His blessings by spending time with him I become burnt out and overwhelmed.
During this busy holiday season i am talking time with my family, blessing them and myself. In order to do that I am also making my own devotion time an absolute priority.
God loves me so much that He sent His Son to find me. Christ came to earth to get us. Love is searching for someone. Christ sought out humankind. Do I love Him enough to seek him?
Every stress/trouble Satan throws at me is just another opportunity to seek God and His ark of protection. Just like God providing the instructions for the ark to Noah, He has provided instructions for my own personal ark.
God's love is utterly amazing and beyond my sinful mind's comprehension.
Thank you God for Your mercy and gift of love.
We have many holiday traditions.
The Christmas tree goes up the weekend after Thanksgiving.
We do mini stockings filled with candy for the days leading up to Christmas.
We extend the season until January 6th.
This year we are reading "Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas" As I read the kids color their ornament.
We go see Christmas lights as a family.
We make cookies and candies.
We give new pj's on Christmas eve.
The kids get three gifts on Christmas morning to help remember the three gifts brought by the wise men.
Traditions to bring joy and remeberance to the season welcoming in the birth of our Savior.
As we move through the season, I am reminded that God is seeking me more than I am seeking Him. Like Adam and Eve often I am hiding from him. He knows where I am, may I open my heart so that I stop hiding and let Him live in Me.
"No matter your story before this is hope beginning now: yoy were formed by love. ..for love." THE GREATEST GIFT: UNWRAPPINH THE LOVE OF CHRISTMAS ANN VOSKAMP
No matter what my past God loves me. Every bad thing is forgiven and wiped away if I ask for forgiveness and accept the gift He gives.
I need to follow His example and wipe the slate clean on those who have wronged me.
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