As we move closer to the day that we, as Christians, celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, I thought I would share a small part of our family celebration with you...our family Christmas tree. I will attempt every day to share a different ornament with you and it's significance to our family's celebration of the most wonderful birth of the Saviour. As we look at our tree, it reminds of us of the things we hold dear, the significance of the Biblical account of history of the birth of Christ, and allows us to have alot of fun with our children as we celebrate and decorate for that special day...hope you enjoy!
This is a picture of the star that has topped our tree for years. Mike and I wanted to find a tree topper that adequately reflected our love for Jesus and symbolized for us the life of Christ...so we went on a search for a wooden star. For us, it reminds us not only of the stable, but of the cross. We have surroun
ded it with sprays of red to remind of the blood he shed on the cross...you see, the Christmas story is not just about the birth of Christ...it is just the starting point...it takes us straight to the cross. We place several of our tree lights in the star to remind us of the star that the wise men followed...and that Jesus is the light of the world!Now, just to catch everyone up to speed on our recent shinanigans...
1) Mike finished his last research project in his Intro. to World Missions seminary class at 4:30 a.m. this morning! It was about reaching the Unreached People Group of the Khmer in Cambodia - the place our oldest son was adopted from in 2002. Now, he gets a two week Christmas break and starts classes back in January.
2) Melisa went to a friend's last night for an ornament exchange party...it was fun!
3) We got a little snow yesterday...it was beautiful.
4) Granny and Papaw are coming over to see our Christmas tree and spend time with the kids tonight so Mike and I can finish up last minute Christmas shopping.
5) Mike participated in his first funeral this week by reading the obituary of a precious elderly church friend this week. He was highly honored.
6) The boys have their annual school musical Christmas play at school this week on Friday. Melisa is taking 1/2 day off to go and spend time with them. They have the best music teacher in the world - THEIR DAD!
7) Happy Birthday, Papaw, on December 12! We love you - from Isaac, Jonah and Abby (mommy and daddy, too.)
Hope everyone has a blessed week!
Hope everyone has a blessed week!
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