Have you said Hello to the Birthday Celebrant?

The Christmas season can be the 

most stressful time of the year.

Buying and wrapping gifts, 

making sure no one is forgotten,

not the postman nor the garbage men.

Preparing the Christmas tree, the nativity set,

advent wreath, and other decorations

around the house.

Going to the grocery, cooking,

baking, making cookies.

Making sure the children 

know the meaning of Christmas

and it's not just about the gifts.

How about the Christmas cards

and the annual letter?

Please may we not forget to take time,

to carve out time,

to be quiet and be with the

birthday celebrant!

That way we can be renewed 

spiritually and physically.

We can treasure the words

God gave us for this time:

For unto us a child is born,

unto us a son is given:

and the government

shall be upon his shoulder:

and his name shall be

called Wonderful, Counseller,

The mighty God,

The everlasting Father,

The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

We must remember whatever

we give to the Lord,

whether it be our time,

talent or treasure,

whether it be our son, like

Hannah with Samuel,

God will bless and we 

will never regret it!

Are you able to take time

and be with the birthday celebrant?

A blessed Christmas 

to all my blog friends!

You have been so 

wonderfully encouraging to me!

I appreciate all your support

throughout the year!

As a little gift,

I am giving away 

a token bracelet

with a drawing of mine.

All my followers are included,

and of course all those 

who comment below!

I'll do the drawing when 

I come back from our beach vacation 

on the 4th of January, 2012!

The picture above isn't that clear,

but below is the original from where 

the design was taken.

Added January 7:

Well, I did not get to go to the beach

and ended up in the hospital instead!

I am recuperating now from

Deep Vein Thrombosis (!)

Never heard of that before! 

Anyway, for the giveaway winner,

I added my GFC friends (335)

plus my Facebook friends (33)

and the comments on this post (26)

for a total of 494.

The winner is # 284 from my GFC friends.

And the winner is:

Jill of Jill Ruth and Co.

Linking with

Spiritual Sundays,
Brag on God Friday,

Artists in Blogland,
In Search of Beauty,

and 

and
Sunday Sketches.

Blessings,

Patsy

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