Do We Hear God's Voice and a Christmas Giveaway!

The reading yesterday was from the 

3rd chapter of Luke:

"The voice of one calling in the desert:

Prepare the way of the Lord!"

Do we hear God's voice? No?

Perhaps it is because we are in the "city",

surrounded by all the noise and cacophony.

John the Baptist and even Jesus himself

withdrew to a quiet place by themselves-

the desert, the mountain, a closed room.

If they had to do this to hear God's voice,

how much more should we?

If we quiet our hearts,

we will hear God speaking to us.

"Be strong, fear not!

Here is Your God!"

Isaiah 35:4

He will speak to us of things we need to hear.

I am taking the time to 

listen to Him this Advent season.

I need to hear Him say to me,

"Fear not! Here is Your God! I am with you!"

Proverbs 4 says:

"Keep your heart with all diligence;

for out of it are the issues of life."

I thought it was time for a 

Christmas Giveaway!

Here's an ATC I made in 2009

and the design was made into a necklace.

Would you like to win the ATC and the 

necklace from our gift shop,

papemelroti?

When I have time, 

I will look for more stuff to add.

Tell me what you're doing this Advent

to prepare for Christmas

or what you usually do on Christmas day.

All my friends on GFC, Networked Blogs,

and Linky Friends are automatically 

included.

For additional entries you may

blog about it, put it on your sidebar, tweet,

put it on Facebook or 

whatever else you can think of! 

Just put an additional comment 

for each thing you do.

I LOVE you all! 

You have been my encouragement

and I know I've grown in my art 

because of you! 

If I could give you ALL a gift,

I would!

Perhaps you'd like to see,

I've been featured in Artists in Blogland!

Every week I choose one wonderful

visitor who leaves a comment

to receive an ATC from me.

I know how much time and effort

it takes to leave a comment!

and I appreciate that soooo much!

This week Random Generator

chose #62,  Laura Boggess.

Meet her at The Wellspring.

She is a writer and weaves words

to make beautiful stories.

Sometimes I can't resist putting on

 my best pajamas 

and joining these blog parties!!!

On Your Heart Tuesdays,

Loving our Children Tuesday,

Word Art Wednesday
New Equus Party

and

Blessings!

Patsy