Christmastime is Here Again!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Christmastime again, my favorite time of year. This will be the second Christmas, Lord willing, we will get to share with my grandson who will be two in February. What a joy and blessing he continues to be to us with his little spoiled rotten self. I love that little boy more than you know. What a blessing it was to awake this morning and get some of my daily choirs done. As I sat at the coffee table with lights all a glow in my home for the holiday watching a Christmas movie while wrapping a few gifts, I thought about the greatest gift of all to man...JESUS- the Son of God. It is a mere 9 days til Christmas day, the day children around the world anticipate a visit from saint nick. I remember as a child not being able to sleep on the eve of Christmas, anxious to see what would be waiting for me Christmas morning under the tree and spread all over the entire living room, yeah ok I was spoiled being an only child. My parents made Christmas a lasting joy for me. I am 40 something with three kids and a grandchild that I look forward to every year lavishing with all my love, gifts, and holiday joys upon just as it was done to me through my childhood, and even now that I married with a home and family of my own my parents continue to make my Christmases unforgettable, not only for me but for my entire family.

This Christmas will be a bittersweet one for us for we lost a very special woman who graced our lives for many years. It's going to be a little hard to wrap ourselves around the fact that she is no longer here with us physically but Christians know to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. On December 11, 2010 my husband lost his mother and my children lost their beloved grandmother, Alma M. Walker. I loved her so much and I believe she loved me. She was my second mother. She gave from her heart and loved us with a love that only a caring mother, grandmother, and mother in law could. She will always remain in our hearts and minds, and this Christmas we will be thinking about her. I love you Alma and wish you were still here but God called an end to your suffering and pain and gave you rest, and thats a good thing. People who know me know I love Jesus and I am glad my mother in law did too, she believed, so I have peace knowing she herself is truly at peace and in a much better place than us. She has only moved on to her final eternal home with God and all the others who put their trust in him that transcended before her.

I encourage all the eyes that may read this entry at one time or another not to miss the real gift this holiday season. The gift of eternal life through Christ is what I am referring too, the ultimate, unspeakable, unmatchable, gift. Oh how thankful I am to the Father above for this gift and that because of his transforming love I have received it.

Will you receive God's gift today, there is none other like it, you can't purchase it from a store, it's priceless, although technically it was bought with a price-the life of the Savior, Jesus, the Christ so we could be forgiven and live. Don't let the desire in receiving earthly gifts cause you to miss the Gift the Father gave over 2,000 years ago, HIS SON....

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Luke 2:9-12
And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Isaiah 9:6-7
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.


Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Blessings for a Safe and Happy Christmas season,

Love, Countrylivinggrandma

P.S. Rest Mom, I love you!!!!!