How do I raise a Mary, Lord…

As we go into the Christmas season, I thought it might be a good idea to revisit this blog from a year ago. God bless!

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Mary

The other day, while driving, my daughter and I were discussing what song we might like to sing together for the annual Julatta service at our church.  For those of you who don’t live in a area predominantly filled with Swedish descendents, Julatta is a candlelight service that is held before sunrise on Christmas morning.  It’s a time that we gather as a church and focus on Christ and the miracle of His birth.  It’s beautiful, and the best way to start Christmas.  I’m not Swedish, but I love our little community and its wonderful traditions.  While Mattie and I were driving, we discussed one of my favorite Christmas songs, “Mary Did You Know?”  It’s a classic and we talked about turning it into a duet.  But as we drove, a realization hit me.  Mary couldn’t have known.  She couldn’t have begun to guess what would have happened. She was…

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I’m finally writing…

 

I’ve felt God tugging on my heart for quite a while telling me He wanted me to write.  I’ve even started writing a couple books.  But, I’ve never taken the time and been deliberate with my writing.  Now, because of a job change that allows me to have more time with Him, I finally am writing!  I am excited.  I’m very nervous too.  My first step was to create this blog.  I still have no idea what I’m doing, so please be patient with me!  However, I also know that I’m being obedient and that’s what’s important.  I’ve titled this blog “staying alert” because that is what will be my focus.  The world is crazy.  We are living in a modern day Babylon.  And, because of this “messy modern world,” we all loose focus on what is important.  We aren’t alert to what is going on around us.  We don’t see what the enemy is doing.  This page is to help me as much as it is to be a light for you.  By me being deliberate about writing, I can really keep myself alert to what God is doing, and to really see Him.  I hope this page blesses you as much as I know it will bless me by writing it!

Remember:  2 Peter 3:17-18

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position.  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.