Praises be to the King of Kings! I'm so enjoying listening to my Christmas music. Shhhh - don't tell, but I actually pulled them out the beginning of November and did some listening before my trip, but now I'm into them full time!
One that hit me especially today was by Jeff & Sheri Easter, "Sweet Baby Jesus". Beautiful song, touching words!
I'm caught up at work and right back into the same routine as before I left. I got to spend some time with my "local" family last night for dinner and it was nice to see them again. They will be finding out on Thursday if baby #4 is a girl or a boy. Can't wait! I also found out that they got me a ticket to go with them to see Narnia on Saturday night, I've really been looking forward to it. In fact, earlier in the year when I found out they were doing the movie and I made a point of re-reading all the books again. I still need to read the last one again, but I'm definitely ready for the movie. Sunday night I'll be going to church with them for what has become a tradition over the past 4 years of me sitting with the boys during the choir's service (this is at both Christmas and Easter).
Not much else going on, I didn't have enough time to write my report on my second week, but just wanted to put a little something down. OK, so really it's too close to quitting time to start another batch of separation and I'm just killing time before I can leave. I got 10 hours of sleep last night after being up from 4:30am to 8:30pm, but I'm more tired today than I was yesterday. Hopefully, I'll be back to normal here soon.
I'm trying to make a point of listening to old Christmas carols with a new attentiveness to the words instead of just rattling them off as we sometimes do with things we have memorize. So what's your favorite? I'd love to hear from you, and also if there's any new one that has struck you.
"All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:16 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105 "When Jesus spoke... he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" John 8:12
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I've also been enjoying my Christmas CDs. I have a varied collection...some classical, several country (Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Ricky Van Shelton), and also Steven Curtis Chapman, James Taylor, and Kenny G.
We had our Christmas luncheon and worship service here at work last week, and the music was really beautiful. One lady sang "Mary, Did You Know?" and it moved me to tears. As the mother to a little boy, I hope he does something tremendous with his life. I can't imagine how Mary felt watching Jesus grow up, knowing he was God's son.
Merry Christmas to you, Debby!
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