Did you know …..

As, we head into the Christmas season I am always mindful of families. Maybe because the counselor part of me knows that Christmas can be the best and/or hardest time for people. Very few people fall into the in-between category. It is either the best or hardest time. The best …it means seeing family that you only see this one time of the year, kids and grandkids, cooking and baking together, traditions, laughing, joy, silliness, ballgames, etc., and for sure pecan pie!  The hardest….missing loved ones that passed this past year, broken and wounded relationships among parents and children, grandkids, siblings, and others, financial stressors, divorce and loneliness, un-forgiveness, bitterness, depression, etc.  

The best or the hardest time? While you cannot control anyone and/or many of the circumstances around you this Christmas season, remember this ….. you have a choice about your response and attitude towards those people and circumstances. It is my prayer that whether you are headed into the best time of the year or the hardest time that Jesus will be at the root of your response and attitude. The song below is a reminder that He is our All in All. 

His,

Vickie

Mary Did You Know?

By Mark Lowry

Mary did you know that your baby boy would someday walk on water?

Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?

Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?

This child that you’ve delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?

Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?

Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?

And when your kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

Oh, Mary did you know

The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again.

The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the Lamb

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?

Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations?

Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?

This sleeping child you're holding is the great I Am.

  

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