All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matt. 1:22-23, Is. 7:14 My friend experienced a horrific family tragedy not long ago. Yet…
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I was invited to a friend’s house awhile back. She was beaming from ear to ear as she took me inside; she designed and built it with her own hands. As I stooped to enter through the doorway, I had to put the pungent smell of smoke from a smoldering…
Read moreMy Mother was known as the “cookie lady” prior to her leaving this earth for her eternal home. One thing that she loved about Christmas was baking cookies. She baked cookies for everyone that she knew. This time of the year, you could go to her freezer looking for some…
Read moreOver twenty years ago, my husband and I found a beautiful lighted cross to put on top of our Christmas tree. We would put our manger scene at the foot of the tree each year. The first Christmas we had the cross on the tree; Jim was sitting in his…
Read moreI love Christmas time, in fact wouldn’t it be wonderful if I felt the Christmas Spirit the whole year long? And that is what Christmas is all about feeling the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior the whole year and not just a few festive hurried days out of the…
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