Dec 25, 2011

101st Post - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

How fitting is that? The 100th post was about Jesus. :)

Christmas Eve has found me, and Christmas Day has begun...

It was a pretty early morning yesterday, and in fact, I'm still up. And it was a late, but wonderful night previous, but that's another story. lol

My family got together, several of us, for a potluck waffle breakfast, which we also did last year. Family and one family friend who is like family were there, though Tiger was missed, since he didn't get much sleep and needed the rest. Two aunts, one of their mothers, and an uncle, as well as my brother's family, were missed, as well, for varying reasons, though I hope they all had a wonderful day celebrating in their respective ways.

This year, someone had the idea to do no gifts bigger than an envelope.

Well, let's just say I'm glad Tiger and I weren't the only ones to fudge on the no gifts thing, including the person I understood made the "rule," who in the end, it seemed, wasn't the one after all. LOL

We gave a lot of ornaments, mostly, because we wanted something simple but memorable. There was a muff I made for my sister, and a birthday gift for my Dad to open later on, and such. We received a couple of really thoughtful books each, beautiful homemade cards, ducks given in the name of the family to those in need, a wooden cross, an apple cider scented candle we burned several hours tonight to cheer the place up, and those from one another. Tiger seems to enjoy his battery-powered meditation fountain, and I'm overjoyed at the thoughtfulness of the lovely necklace he gave me, as well.

The bigger gift, though, and the most important one, was and will always be Jesus Christ; salvation, deliverance, healing through Him, and all He has done on behalf of sinners like us. We know that all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose, and that we can do all things through Christ, Who is our strength. We know we have been given authority to pray in His name with the Holy Spirit's guidance and that when we do, God the Father will listen from heaven and answer our petitions. We know that Jesus is the only way to the Father. We know that in Him, we are forgiven all our sins, shortcomings, debts, and trespasses. We know much though it is still all a mystery to some degree, which is where faith comes in.

We are told in Hebrews that FAITH is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. We are also told in Scripture that if we have FAITH as a mustard seed, we will ask what we would and the Father in heaven will hear, and we will receive what we BELIEVE.

Mustard seeds don't stay seeds forever; they have to die to grow. Sometimes

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