Merry Christmas Everyone
Ok so today was awesome as I am sure it was for millions of you all. Christmas is definitely the most amazing day of the year. God is so good all the time, and Christmas is definitely a great reminder of that. It is the day he sent his son, HIS SON, to die for all of us. Can you imagine such a sacrifice? Could you make such a great sacrifice? I know I would definitely have a hard time accepting that. Man he is wonderful!
I want to tell you the entire Christmas story but I want it to be the ending note. First I want to send you all a Merry Christmas as well as tell you about my Christmas. Today was a great and fun filled day. We had agreed to wake up my parents at 6am to open presents, but instead my parents surprised us by waking us up at 5am. I got to be the Christmas Elf this year and hand out all the presents.
Here is the list of what everyone got in age order lol: (except me lol)
My younger sister: a robot building kit, littlest pet shop playhouse, Webkinz stuff, and a Barbie.
My youngest brother: a Dronkey, a comic book, a razor scooter and all the equipment.
My other younger brother: a CD, a video game, a robot, and a camcorder.
My older sister: a bunch of scrap booking stuff and a sweater
My mom: a candle, an MP3 player, a drawing, and a pencil holder.
My dad: clothes, a light up musical tie (heehee), and a flat screen TV
And I got: a CD, a teacher, and a Date to meet with my favorite author Karen Kingsbury!!! I am so excited!! On January 5th my mom and I are going to a Women’s Conference and we are going to meet her there!! I am super excited (as I am sure you couldn’t tell lol).
But now it is time to talk about the most important thing of the day, Jesus. Every year my dad tells us the Nativity story, and every year he has a different take on it. This year told it from the angle of giving up your dreams for the Lord. I mean can you imagine what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph? Mary probably had dreams of having a loving family with a man she knew could be trusted and who would keep her safe during this harsh time. Joseph had been told his whole life that this was the generation and that he could be destined for greatness. They were both following all the rules and going in the way they thought was the big plan. Mary was waiting for her husband and learning how to be a wife. Joseph had started his career and was about to start his own family, well of course waiting for the greatness that was supposed to befall, maybe a messiah. Than he finds out that the women that he was supposed to marry was pregnant, and she claims it was God’s child. And Mary had to deal with the fact that she had nothing but faith and her word to prove that the child was the child of God. But they made the decision to put aside the dreams or plans that they thought was for their lives and go with the plan that God gave them. I mean what if Joseph decided not to marry Mary; what if he decided that he was too busy waiting around for his destiny. I mean to Joseph it probably seemed like he was trading in his destiny. I mean how was he to know how big it was going to be, how was he to know that this was his destiny.
This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t dream big, but it does mean that we should always listen to the ever present voice of God. God dreams bigger for us than we ever dream for ourselves. He knows our ultimate destiny. We just have to listen and wait for the star to guide us.
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas filled with the true love and the true gift from our savior.
Your sister always,
Jessica
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Now playing: Yolanda Adams - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
I want to tell you the entire Christmas story but I want it to be the ending note. First I want to send you all a Merry Christmas as well as tell you about my Christmas. Today was a great and fun filled day. We had agreed to wake up my parents at 6am to open presents, but instead my parents surprised us by waking us up at 5am. I got to be the Christmas Elf this year and hand out all the presents.
Here is the list of what everyone got in age order lol: (except me lol)
My younger sister: a robot building kit, littlest pet shop playhouse, Webkinz stuff, and a Barbie.
My youngest brother: a Dronkey, a comic book, a razor scooter and all the equipment.
My other younger brother: a CD, a video game, a robot, and a camcorder.
My older sister: a bunch of scrap booking stuff and a sweater
My mom: a candle, an MP3 player, a drawing, and a pencil holder.
My dad: clothes, a light up musical tie (heehee), and a flat screen TV
And I got: a CD, a teacher, and a Date to meet with my favorite author Karen Kingsbury!!! I am so excited!! On January 5th my mom and I are going to a Women’s Conference and we are going to meet her there!! I am super excited (as I am sure you couldn’t tell lol).
But now it is time to talk about the most important thing of the day, Jesus. Every year my dad tells us the Nativity story, and every year he has a different take on it. This year told it from the angle of giving up your dreams for the Lord. I mean can you imagine what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph? Mary probably had dreams of having a loving family with a man she knew could be trusted and who would keep her safe during this harsh time. Joseph had been told his whole life that this was the generation and that he could be destined for greatness. They were both following all the rules and going in the way they thought was the big plan. Mary was waiting for her husband and learning how to be a wife. Joseph had started his career and was about to start his own family, well of course waiting for the greatness that was supposed to befall, maybe a messiah. Than he finds out that the women that he was supposed to marry was pregnant, and she claims it was God’s child. And Mary had to deal with the fact that she had nothing but faith and her word to prove that the child was the child of God. But they made the decision to put aside the dreams or plans that they thought was for their lives and go with the plan that God gave them. I mean what if Joseph decided not to marry Mary; what if he decided that he was too busy waiting around for his destiny. I mean to Joseph it probably seemed like he was trading in his destiny. I mean how was he to know how big it was going to be, how was he to know that this was his destiny.
This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t dream big, but it does mean that we should always listen to the ever present voice of God. God dreams bigger for us than we ever dream for ourselves. He knows our ultimate destiny. We just have to listen and wait for the star to guide us.
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas filled with the true love and the true gift from our savior.
Your sister always,
Jessica
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Now playing: Yolanda Adams - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
posted by Jessica | 7:02 PM
2 Comments:
Great thoughts Jessica! thanks for sharing. and Merry Christmas! I know I know...I'm way late...but let's pretend I'm not, k? :)
Hey thanks Jo! I am glad you enjoyed it.
And late, whose late? lol
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
God Bless Sis!!
Jessica
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