Truly Christmas,Truly blessed.

Well as this week is moving along right into Maiya's first Christmas in America in her home. Our first Christmas with her,I stop to think tonight for a moment.

Christmas brings memories from behind to my mind and the know of the present and wondering of the later days. I think back to how it was when our gone on loved ones were here...and so on.
I get so happy when I think of what a special time of year this is for Maiya and the boys. How they will get to watch Maiya open her presents and how she can watch the boys.
My heart hurts for those kids who don't know about Jesus and the meaning of Christmas.
Maiya has been home today for 7 months. She is now 19 months old. Thanks be to God that she is home with her family.

For the first time since we have been married,we are leaving Christmas day night after my dad's home and we are heading to North Carolina where Shane's dad lives. Shane has never been there. The boys are so excited and so are we. I feel like great things will happen on this side. I have been waiting for this for years. It will be about a 12 hour drive all night. We will be prepared with snacks,toys,and we got a couple of T.V.'s for the van. The boys are gonna do some hunting,4 wheeling,maybe deep sea fishing,playing and of course eat Granny's good cooking. Maiya and I will have lots of girl time too, maybe hit some shopping bargins,and he's only 2 hours from the OCEAN. One of my favorite places. I hope the weather is nice.
They have never seen Maiya yet either. So this will be a special time for us all. We pray that we go in God's will and that family time is good.

Today I was at Walmart and as I was loading groceries up in the car,I caught myself singing "Go tell it on the Mountain...that Jesus Christ is born:)

I reflect on how wonderful our Christmas play and musical was at church this past Sunday. Bailey playing Silent Night, and being the cute fallen star in the play ( he had to go twinkle),while Adyn in his little blue robe was playing the part of Joseph. Maiya watching in her sweet red Christmas dress as she ate one gummy bear after another.LOL

How blessed we are,so truly blessed with health,safety,food ,a home,we have one another, and I could go on...but most of all,we have the Lord,the one thing that matters above it all. The one thing that truly makes a white Christmas white.

It is the washing away of sins that the blood of JESUS can only take away...it washes them away white as snow. What can wash away my sins,nothing but the blood of Jesus,what can make me whole again,nothing but the blood of JESUS, oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow,no other fount I know,nothing but the blood of JESUS.

A truly White Christmas is when a lost soul finds God and all sins are washed away. That is why our savior came and that is truly Christmas,having God in your soul.
May you have Christmas always.