O come, o come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
O come, Desire of nations,
bind all peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease;
Fill the whole world with heaven’s peace.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
Thank you so much for joining me on my Christmas Tour 2014!
Join me for Daily Advent Devotions & Prayers
I would love for you to join me this Advent season as we focus on Jesus, Light of the World! Each day in December we will read 1 Scripture on LIGHT, a short devotional and prayer from God’s Word. Praying the Scriptures has had a huge impact on my heart and my battle with depression, I pray it will be impactful for you, too!! If you’re on instagram, please join us with the hashtag #prayingthescriptures — I share daily Scriptures to read, ponder and pray.
Links & Picture Descriptions!
- Christmas tree — we got a REAL tree for the first time this year! We went to a farm and picked it out. It was a wee bit bigger than it looked in the field and is HUGE. But we love it. It is Cedar (I think) and VERY prickly! I love how it turned out but we likely won’t do this type of tree again. 🙂
- I teach piano lessons and each year I LOVE pulling out all the Christmas music and hearing my students (and children) play these fun songs!
- Nativities are another favorite. We have several Fontanini pieces
and then another lovely nativity that was hand painted for us as a wedding gift.
- Christmas books will always have a special place in our home too. Even as my children are outgrowing picture books, I can’t help but pull them out!!
- Our Advent Wreath — for a description of what Advent is and WHY we celebrate it, click over here. Yes, this protestant & evangelical girl LOVES Advent! To see 10 beautiful Advent Wreaths from around the web, click here.
- These stockings are my FAVORITE!! You can find them at Dayspring.
- Lovely plate with Jesus, LIGHT of the World theme verse. I bought this at Hobby Lobby long before my advent devotional (focused on LIGHT) was even a thought!! Love that. 🙂
- This is the hand painted nativity that we were gifted when we got married by a wonderful lady at our church.
- My daughter made this new banner for us! Before it said “thankful” and we had that up for a few years actually! But I was ready for a change. I love Emmanuel — GOD WITH US. If that doesn’t give you hope I don’t know what will. I found the printable banner letters here.
- My favorite wall in my home. My gallery wall. LOVE the chalkboard, wish I had better lettering skills, but I still love it so much. There are several items on that wall that are just so meaningful to me…several painted/created by local artists.
- This is the Advent Prayer Journal that I wrote, you can purchase the ebook here and join us each day in December as we read, ponder and pray 1 Scripture pertaining to LIGHT.
Linking Up
Each year I love looking at all the homes and decorations for Christmas that several bloggers put up. As you can see, we are in a small home and I don’t go all out with new decorations each year. My pictures look an awful lot like they did last year and the year before. 🙂 But I still love joining in and seeing all the beautiful Christmas homes!!
As I see these posts go up, I will come back and link to them. Flower Patch Farm Girl Link-Up, Kelly’s Korner blog and The Nester
Christmas is about Jesus, light of the world…born to die for us – for me, for you. That is what makes Christmas and all the decorations so meaningful!!