The Day After

I am sitting here in the quiet of our home, this morning, thinking about the joys of yesterday. It was such a peaceful, sweet, relaxing day and I smile just thinking of it.

The first joy of the day was that Riley, before going in to see the Santa haul, wanted to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and to thank Him for the gift He came to give. It is wonderful to see that the teaching of the true meaning of the day has sunk in on our sweet, youngest son. 

The second joy, was seeing the look of pure happiness on Riley's face as he realized that he had gotten his, ask for, karaoke machine. Now Riley's joy of music, in all forms, is so amazing to us. Most Down syndrome children have a hard time with rhythm. and he did for a while. But as he continued to plug away at trying he has accomplished playing the drums, and the xylophone on a scale that surprises us and makes us so proud of him. 

Now singing is another thing.  Riley takes after his paternal grandfather on this. Neither one can carry a tune what so ever. But that did not stop Riley from singing at the top of his lungs all afternoon, with the karaoke machine. We were relegated to the concert all afternoon too! All we could do was smile. He was in heaven.

Another joy of the day was getting to speak with my folks on the phone and getting to spend the day with Rodney's. We are so blessed to have both sets with us. I know that not all of our friends have the joy of this and we are so lucky. Both of our parents love the Lord and love their children and grandchildren with all their hearts. What a gift they are to us.

One of our biggest joys this year is that our oldest, Phillip, is a happy man with his new bride. We love that he is content now and that she loves him and respects the wonderful man he is. She is so good to our grandchildren. Peace has come to their home. We truly thank God, for that.

I could go on and on with the list of the joys of the day, there were so many for us and I know that there were so many for you too, during your day. Isn't Christmas a wonderful reminder that God is so good. As we continue on with our lives after our restful, joyful day of yesterday, let's not forget to remember who gave the day to us. Let's not forget to praise and thank Him as He is with us everyday, giving us life, peace, help, joy, and most of all His love!!!


Psalm 147:1
The Message (MSG)

147 Hallelujah!
It’s a good thing to sing praise to our God;
praise is beautiful, praise is fitting.


How true this verse is. We would do well in the coming new year to remember everything good comes from Him! Everything beautiful comes from Him! And as we praise and thank Him we will find that the joys will just keep on coming!


Have a Blessed and Happy New Year friends!

Blessings!

Telling The Story

I am having a little bit of trouble with a knee which requires me to use a crutch for some extra support. With this comes questions from everyone who knows me asking about what happened that caused this. I really do not like feeling helpless or weak.  So I tend to get a little embarrassed when I tell and retell the story.



This has gotten me to thinking about how we feel about sharing the story of our Lord. Do we get embarrassed or too shy to share Him with others? Do we think that others will think we are weak if we do?

Paul, in the scriptures tells us that he has no problems sharing the message of what God's plan for us is.....

Romans 1:16

The Message (MSG)

16-17 It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! 

Wouldn't it be a different world if we all could go out boldly and tell others about what our Lord has done for us. Instead of being too timid, or proud, or worried about what everyone thinks of us. It was a good thing that Jesus didn't back down from all He did for us. 

In this season of giving why not give the most wonderful present anyone could ever get. Tell them about how the Savior came as a babe, and would grow up and go to the cross to give all of us the chance for eternal life with our God. 

Let's not be like me, let's not be too shy or embarrassed to tell and retell the story.

Have a blessed Christmas season!