Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that we are thinking about you all this year. With the hustle of the season my time has been very stretched. So any christmas cards sent will be after Christmas.
But we just wanted to let you all know that we love you and pray that God sends many blessings on you all this time of year and the year to come.
I know that it is so easy to get wrapped up in presents and traveling, but I usually have to remind myself that it isn't that which makes Christmas. It is the birth and death of our wonderful Jesus Christ.
Wow what a very humble beginning. I mean he could have chosen to be born in 2008 with all the nice hospitals and gadgets, but instead he chose to be born with the smelly animals. I have given birth 3 times and believe you me I would have a very hard time doing that.
One of the things that I try and make sure I tell my kids is not only about his coming as a baby, but why he chose to die on the cross. Because we are ALL sinncers and we can't enter into heaven just because we are good to our neighbor and go to church every Sunday. We have to accept the greatest gift of all in that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and all we need to do to spend eternity with him is to accept that wonderful gift and ask Jesus to live in our hearts.
I accepted Christ when I was 7 years old and now I am 30! Wow what a long time! But the awesome thing is that I will never stop learning or growing with what the Lord has to teach me.
The best thing also is that the only time it is to late is after you have ceased living on this earthly world.
One of my favorite lessons from the Bible is actually while Jesus is dying on the cross and hung next to him is a thief. On his last breath he asks Jesus to not forget him and then enters heaven on his last breath. That is the perfect example of how so many of us are today. We always wait for the last possible moment to accomplish our tasks.
Please don't delay accepting what God has given.

We love you and hope to share more after the wondrous season!