Christ in the Clouds

I wanted to share a blog post called "Christ in the Gifts"   (hmmm, sounds awfully close to a blog name, doesn't it)  over at Sharing the Journey . Guest writer, Jodi, describes her family's gift-giving traditions and how they coincide with the three wise men in the Christmas story. I liked that idea a lot. Go check it out here to read more about it. Source: google.com via Ann on Pinteres I was thinking about gift-giving in our house. When our kids, then our grandkids, were younger, gift-giving was more about things (toys, candy, etc). There’s just something about the excitement of watching a youngster wake up Christmas morning and tear open presents that they have been waiting weeks to open. But our youngest is 19 and the grand kids are getting older and often we don’t get a chance to see them on Christmas. So it seems that gift-giving has been changing slowly over the years. Money is a little tighter and the idea of buying more stuff we really don’t need ha...

Today I'm linking on over to Keeping the Christmas Spirit Alive, 365 ,  A Beach Cottage and  Best Posts of the Week with pictures of my Christmas decor, family photos, and some Christmas activities! I'm feeling pretty festive. Maybe it's because my family and I have been going  to some fun-filled Christmas activities lately.  A few weeks ago, our city had their monthly "First Fridays" on the main square. Vendors sold kettle corn and bbq chicken, among other goodies. Stores had huge sales. There were live re-enactments, including characters from the civil war and a live nativity scene, with donkeys and all. There was a children's choir and best of all, horse-drawn sleigh rides. It was a really fun, albeit cold, evening. (Live nativity, with live donkeys and goats to the left) (Getting ready to go on the horse-drawn carriage ride) (Trying to keep warm on the open carriage ride)  We've also been decorating and taking family pictures around t...

I usually don't venture out too much in the wintertime. I'm just not a lover of the cold. But lately, I've been a little picture crazy. Don't know why, but my camera keeps crying out to me to go out and use it!  These are pictures of one of our area lakes: Looks like nobody wants to sit out in the 40 degree weather! "It was You who set all the boundaries on the earth; You made both summer and winter." - Psalm 74:17 A view of an area lake "Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour." - John Boswell This channel divides the mainland from a small island. Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.  Psalm 62:1 A walking bridge over the channel. “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!…  He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes. He casts forth His ice as fragments, Who can stand before His cold?  H...