The start of the Christmas season is officially upon us. Often, this means the next 25 days will be insanely busy. There is shopping to be done, gifts to be wrapped, parties to attend, cards to be mailed, the list goes on and on.
Among the busyness, be intentional about still having your quiet time each day. Read your Bible, pray and sing worship; don't skip this time because you have a long to-do list.
Consider doing an Advent study. I began doing an Advent study a few years ago and I love this extra time each day to help me keep my focus on God during this time. She Reads Truth and Women Living Well have a great advent study going on right now.
No matter what your schedule, shopping list or to-do list looks like, make sure God is at the very top.
Today is the 4th annual Christmas Blessing Giveaway. We have teamed up with 17 other bloggers and one of our blessed readers will receive $400 in PayPal cash! What a blessing that will be this Christmas season!
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Jennifer Ross – The Focused HomemakerAmong the busyness, be intentional about still having your quiet time each day. Read your Bible, pray and sing worship; don't skip this time because you have a long to-do list.
Consider doing an Advent study. I began doing an Advent study a few years ago and I love this extra time each day to help me keep my focus on God during this time. She Reads Truth and Women Living Well have a great advent study going on right now.
No matter what your schedule, shopping list or to-do list looks like, make sure God is at the very top.
Today is the 4th annual Christmas Blessing Giveaway. We have teamed up with 17 other bloggers and one of our blessed readers will receive $400 in PayPal cash! What a blessing that will be this Christmas season!
LIST OF PARTICIPATING BLOGGERS:
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My favorite Christmas memory was getting together on Christmas eve with my mom's family and my cousins. We would usually have a live nativity with the younger kids (me too when I was young) and then we'd gather around the piano where my Great Grandma would play Christmas Carols and we'd all sing along.
ReplyDeleteDoing a live nativity with the kids sounds like such a great idea! Thanks for stopping in and entering the giveaway Natalie!
DeleteMy favorite Christmas memory is going to my grandparents' on Christmas Eve. We would dress up, eat a huge Polish meal, laugh with cousins, and open scores of presents with grandpa acting as Santa Claus.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great Christmas! Thanks for stopping in and entering the giveaway!
DeleteMy favorite Christmas memory was when I was a kid every Christmas my dad would take us to a Christmas Tree farm to buy a fresh Christmas tree and we would hunt for the perfect tree, then we would all sing Christmas carols, sipping hot cocoa, eating moms homemade decorated sugar cookies, and decorating the tree , and putting the lights on the house. Family and friends would come to visit some would even help decorate. My mom would make a big lasagna dinner for us and anyone who came by. I loved all those (now vintage) ornaments, the tinsel,and lights but nothing can top the memories of a loving family.
ReplyDeleteCarol, that sounds amazing!! Thanks for stopping in and sharing!
DeleteMy favorite Christmas memory was baking and decorating gingerbread houses with my mom and brother. It was so much fun!
ReplyDeleteWe love baking at Christmas time! Thanks for stopping in Natalie!
DeleteEvery Christmas creates a new memory...I love them all!
ReplyDeleteBlessings in Christ!
Awe, I love that! It's so true, each Christmas holds special memories. Thanks for stopping in Angie.
DeleteMaking batch after batch of Christmas cookies and fudge. :)
ReplyDeleteWe love baking! Thanks for stopping in and entering the giveaway!
DeleteMy favorite Christmas memory is every new Christmas with out kiddos! Their excitement and joy on Christmas morning, make the stress and chaos of preparing so worth it!
ReplyDeleteChristmas as a parent is so amazing! I love watching my kids at Christmas. Thanks for stopping in and entering the giveaway!
DeleteMy favorite Christmas memory is just having my family all together!! My family is my world and without God and them, I would be lost!!!
ReplyDeleteI love how every Christmas is the same as the last, but completely different than any other...make sense?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory is putting together A kids kitchen set with my stepmother while my father slept on the couch.
ReplyDeleteSpending time wth my family and baking sweets!!
ReplyDeleteThe first year we started our family treasure hunt. Also going to the woods to cut our tree.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas memory was of us all gathering around the table for Christmas brunch BEFORE we opened our presents. The happy chatter and the good food (my mom would cook for days - homemade cinnamon rolls - yummy !!!) Mom has been gone for many years but I still remember her love of Christmas but as I've gotten older I realized it was us getting together as a family that she really loved !!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas memory is doing a white elephant gift exchange on my dad's side of the family every year. There are always some crazy gifts, from a roll of toilet paper to the lady's sweater my grandpa opened that was three sizes too small. Lots of laughs and good memories!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas memories were those with my father. He passed away last Christmas.
ReplyDeletethanks again for hosting this giveaway. It has been inspirational.
ReplyDeletemy favorite Christmas memory is decorating the tree with my family.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas memory is having our kids leave cookies for Santa, one for each of them. A few years ago, the kids left an extra cookie because we were having a new baby. As it turned out, we should have left 2 extra cookies because we were having twins!
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