Are you feeling it yet? I bet you are, because everyone is... the FALALALALALA of the CHRISTmas SEASON!. The speed limit of life has increased. If the police gave tickets for how fast you speed through the day, would you get one? Think about it. You have to do it ~ ALL. You will do it ~ ALL. You should do it ~ ALL. You will do it ALL NOW & then you will SLOW DOWN later after all the FALALALALALA because it is THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR! But then it hits~ Weariness. Burdened.

I am not the SAME. I will NEVER be the SAME. And you will  NEVER  be the SAME, the moment you embrace THE CHRIST CHILD, who came from heaven NAKED  and UNASHAMED, to be SWADDLED  as a BABY so HE could SWADDLE  you. JESUS was SWADDLED like every other baby who was born. SWADDLED  in cloths, that are torn strips. HE  wasn't SWADDLED in a monogramed robe with the name of KING. JESUS  was delivered as a  BABY , just like how we all were delivered. And there HE  was. NOT  the  SAM

9 years ago today our names changed from Mom to JoJo, Dad to HoJo, Sister to Aunt, Brother to Uncle, Daughter to Mommy, Son to Daddy, & Baby to EVERETT. From the blessed moment when our first born delivered her first born & from the hearing of the words that mother and child were doing fine, tears flooded my heart as my baby was okay & her baby was okay. Nothing else mattered at that point. Boy or Girl? Big or small? Who does he/she or look like? Anticipation to hear the gr

Did they know when they opened the door that SHE was more than just a girl & HE was more than just a boy because the BABY inside of her was so much more than they could ever imagine. Would they have sent them to to the stable? Who is this BABY , who once upon a time, 2025 years ago was born in a manger. Who is this BABY , who grew up like any other carpenter’s son. Who is this BABY , who got lost, and was found in HIS FATHER'S home preaching. Who is this BABY , who has gon

I sit here in the QUIET DARK. The QUIET DARK when all stands STILL, or at least it appears to stand STILL because the dark shields the light. Everything appears to have stopped. Sleeping is in the world. There are no sounds. Even the birds are asleep. But I am awake as I love the QUIET DARK. And then I look at the Christmas Tree with its Christmas LIGHTS piercing through the dark and my dark is no longer QUIET as it is STILL . There are no more secrets as the LIGHT awakes

HALLMARK CHRISTMAS movies~ why do I watch them to the end, no matter how many twists & turns may happen throughout the story? Because I experience PEACE in the midst of uncertainty. PEACE in the midst of absurdity. PEACE in the midst of calamity. Why? Because I know how the story will end~ HAPPILY EVER AFTER! HALLMARK Movies~ HAPPILY EVER AFTER tales for grown ups. I looked up the word HALLMARK & then it all made sense~ "to put a seal upon, certifying the highest standa

What is your FINEST HOUR ? The moment when you   CHOOSE GOD'S WILL   over yours. To SAY YES  to GOD , when you would rather say YES to yourself. What is THE FINEST HOUR ? I am reading the book,  "THE FINEST HOUR", and I can't move beyond the title, as I learned  what the FINEST HOUR ISN'T! It isn't fame It isn't fortune. It isn't people approval. It is so much more, because it is between  you and GOD. It is BLESSED OBEDIENCE~ Saying YES  to  GOD  when you want to say NO. As R

You hear the word BEHOLD and all your senses are caught at alert. BEHOLD~ Feast one's eyes. Comprehend. Experience. Participate. Sense. BEHOLD~ Great Anticipation. Great Expectation. BEHOLD gets your attention as your SENSES are peeked, so you STOP. "BEHOLD, I am doing a NEW thing..." (Isaiah 43:19). And then the word NEW stops you. The word that changes everything because NEW is not old. "BEHOLD, I make all things new" (Revelation 21:5). NEW is not what was, but will be

It HAPPENS  and you can't BELIEVE  it  HAPPENS,   because the only thing  you did was to SHOW UP. For JESUS  was waiting for you the whole time, because  HE  not only had something to say, but HE  had SOMETHING  to give you that was IMMEASURABLY MORE  then you could ever IMAGINE. And all you had to do was to ANSWER JESUS' INVITATION to climb THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. You hear HIS WORDS, "COME TO ME ALL...", and you  COME ,  and HE is there to give you  REST. But HE  doesn't sto

Oh he had one mission, and that one mission was to steal CHRIST mas from every WHO in Whoville. And oh how he thought he succeeded, as he stripped every house of every gift, of every ornament, of every piece of food, of everything that he believed was their reason for the season. But he left one thing behind that couldn't be stolen, that couldn't be stripped away, even when it appeared that everything that was so important was stripped away. Because every Who down in Whovill