Christmas Card Prayers

It's that time again! I've been addressing (with my horrendous handwriting) & stuffing envelopes. Soon your mailbox will be filled with "picture perfect" families showing you their most stylish clothes and biggest smiles. 

A friend told me Sunday that she saves her cards & uses them to pray for her friends & family throughout the year.  What a great idea! 

As I was addressing cards I thought why not say a prayer for each family as I address cards. Of course there was Dora blaring in the background and I had to break up a few fights but as I came to each friend I was reminded of marriage difficulties, friends who are having trouble conceiving, financial problems, even friends and family who don't know The Lord. I didn't spend 10 minutes on each card. I just said a simple prayer while addressing each envelope. It was wonderful to sit down and pray for others. So often I get caught up in praying for only what is directly around me. 

So as you address your cards this season I encourage you to use that time to say a quick prayer for your friends and family. 

Or if your boycott the whole Christmas card idea (we did last year) say a simple prayer for each family that choses to send you a card. 

I love getting cards! Who doesn't? But how awesome would it be if everyone used them to pray specifically for each other. 

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,¹⁰ so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,¹¹ filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 1:9-10

We Are Back! Philippians 4:8 & 9

We're BACK!

I know, I know, we went to 
this amazing Art of Homemaking conference! 
We met the Duggar family twice! 
We were all pumped up! And then we 
just went MIA for several weeks. 

I apologize. To be very honest our family has been going 

through a difficult time and it's not a 

situation we can let the whole world in on.  

We had to choose to keep posting 
as if nothing was going on or we 
could stay completely silent. Quite frankly it 

was just easier to just not post anything at all. 

We definitely want to remain genuine so I do feel it 

was the best decision. Although our hearts remain broken,

we desire this blog to be a ministry to other moms and we feel 

 it is time for us to precede. 

It does feel good to be missed! I was actually 

shocked to find that people noticed we 

had not posted in several weeks. 

We look forward to the weeks ahead! 

We have an even crazier 

December than most! We have what 

we call "Celebration Week"! 

Within 10 days in December, 

3 of my children and

 Jessica have birthdays and Jared & 

I celebrate our anniversary! 

(yes, that's A LOT of presents!) 

I can't promise a post everyday or the most creative 

original Christmas ideas. But I can tell 

you we are going to strive

 hard to share with you all the Christmas 

blessings we have been given this year

and how we celebrate them with our families! 

I wanted to start with this verse. 

This is my family scripture verse

 for this week. It's so important to remind myself and teach

 my children to think about true, right, Godly things.

 I don't know about you, but if I don't take every thought 

captive and test my thinking according to the verse below

 before I know it am headed down a road of sin, 

self pity, judgmental attitude, etc.  

Don't forget you can click on the

link and download it for your 

family! 

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Blessings to you all! Thank 

you for waiting patiently

for our return!