“This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.” ― Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom: a dutch Christian, a hider of Jews during the holocaust, a woman who had a heart…
“Hey Mom, when are we going to get a Christmas tree?” If we asked her once, we asked her a million times! With 7 children in our family, the tortuous Christmas tree question began early in December and was relentless until it was up and decorated. Up until I was about 9, we always had a live…
Don’t Miss the Moment! Christmas moments: decorating the tree, baking Christmas cookies with the kids, the moment when your child opens up the gift that makes them dance a jig! These snapshot moments do not happen often, so don’t miss them! The prophetess Anna didn’t miss her Christmas moment. Why? Because she had been looking…
Isn’t this the sweetest little picture? This manger scene is from the innocent mind of 4 year old Maegan. She is the cutest little thing ever – daughter of one of my besties! When her mom posted this on FB a few nights ago, it just made the Christmas spirit well up in me. And…
Looking for Christmas Part 2: Shifting Sorrow to Service A widow at the tender age of 22. Surely not the story Anna had planned for her life. Perhaps this Christmas season, your story has taken a turn toward sorrow because of a loss or tragic circumstance. You know it is Christmas, the most wonderful time…
“Anna SEEKing Jesus” Anna never makes an appearance in the Christmas program. We will likely never hear about her in a Christmas sermon. In fact, we may not have ever noticed her in the classic Christmas passage – Luke 2. Anna’s part of the Christmas story takes place a little beyond the manger scene, when baby…