WOYWW 134: Whoa! What a desk!

A blessed Christmas to all of you!

I hope you are having wonderful Christmas 

with friends and family!

My desk is still full of the 

debris of wrapping!

My journal is on top of a pile of

wrapping paper.

I use a glue gun for wrapping as it is faster

and saves me the aggravation of having 

to retape packages that come undone!

Here is my journal for today.

From 1 John 1:9

"If we acknowledge our sins,

He is faithful and just

and will forgive our sins

and cleanse us from 

every wrongdoing."

This verse is such a comfort to me as 

we all fall short and make mistakes!

If you'd like a chance to win 

a bracelet, my Christmas thank you

to all you wonderful visitors, 

please see my previous post.

Joining the lovely Julia for a 

peek at desks and projects!

Linking up with

Joan at Reflections of His Grace

Women in the Word Wednesdays

A blessed Christmas!

Patsy

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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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WOYWW 133: A Bit of Everything!

What's on my Workdesk?

A whole lot of.... well, this is just a bit of my desk.

And this is a bit of my room!

Just a little bit to give you a hint of the state of my room.

These are some of the gifts I have yet to wrap.

They are all piled up and I have hardly any space to walk!

The gifts I have finished wrapping are under the tree

and it's a jumble too! 

I have done a bit of  creative work,

but I am not happy with these flowers

and will not use them for the canvas I am working on.

I am sure to find some use for them eventually.

And here is my journal for today.

Mary the mother of Jesus made haste 

to visit her cousin Elizabeth.

Why did Mary travel so far, alone

and in haste to see Elizabeth?

I think Mary knew she would get the 

support and encouragement she needed

during a very challenging time in her life.

Elizabeth gave her confirmation

that she was not crazy, that the 

impossible was possible,

that what she was doing 

was the right thing to do.

We all need encouragers in our life,

mentors, cheerleaders.

Like Mary, we should go

and find them, even if

it is difficult to do!

I am so blessed that my encouragers

and cheerleaders are not far away!

I have my family and brothers and sisters

in my community and I can depend on them!

Joining the lovely Julia for a 

peek at desks and projects!

Linking up with

Joan at Reflections of His Grace

Women in the Word Wednesdays

A blessed Christmas!

Patsy

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The Gift

“Hail, favored one!” (Luke 1:28)

This is taken from 

The Word Among Us, and 

I wanted to share it because

it spoke so deeply to me:

"Face-to-face with the mighty angel Gabriel, 

Mary was “greatly troubled” (Luke 1:29). 

Gabriel announced God’s plan for her 

to conceive through the Holy Spirit 

and bear a son who would inherit 

the throne of David and rule forever. 

And Mary, despite not having 

all the answers, was able to say: 

“May it be done to me 

according to your word” (1:38).

The words are so simple, so faith-filled, 

that we might miss out on 

what was behind them. 

By saying “yes” to the angel, 

Mary also said “no” to many things. 

She closed the door on 

an alternative life that had its own attractions: 

a life of quiet contemplation, 

out of the limelight, 

surrounded only by friends and fam­ily; 

a life of simple joys and 

everyday challenges. 

And yet with just a few words, 

she put aside all her dreams 

to embrace God’s dreams instead.

We can read this passage

 and marvel at Mary’s faith—

and lament our lack of faith 

in comparison. 

But it’s important to see that 

when he greeted her, 

Gabriel called Mary full of grace, 

not full of faith. 

Mary’s “yes” to God was 

the result of the grace 

God had given her, 

not the result of her own willpower 

and forceful personality.

This is a 

key point for all of us. 

For in the final analysis, 

faith is not some­thing 

we drum up on our own. 

It’s a gift given to us by a 

gracious, gen­erous God. 

It’s a grace that he pours into us, 

a potent seed that is wait­ing 

to be plunged into the soil of our hearts. 

We may think we have weak faith, 

but the truth is God has given us 

all the faith we will ever need. 

We just have to learn how to yield 
to this great gift.

So what do you think? 

Can you say “yes” 

to God today? 

Yes, you can. God’s gift of grace guarantees it!

“Father, thank you for the gift of faith. 

Knowing you is the greatest joy of my life.”

To embrace all that God

wants to give us, 

that is saying "yes!"

It is an adventure, a journey,

and we will never know 

where God will take us!

It is not only Mary 

that God wants to use,

that God has a wonderful plan for.

He wants to use each of us,

We all have apart to play

in God's great plan to bring 

His Kingdom here on earth.

This Christmas, we are packing

300 gift bags for our local QC Jail.

In my other blog, Hebrews 13:3,

I recount stories about 

our ministry there.

This is our third year

and we will be giving the loot bags and

having a Christmas party with them

this Friday.

Hebrews 13:3 says:

Remember those in prison

as if you were their fellow prisoners...

Linking with

On Your Heart Tuesdays,

Laura at the Wellspring,

and

Christmas Blessings to you
and your family,

Patsy

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