Christmas News!

My sissy is pregnant!!! I knew a week before my parents knew and it was so hard to hold in. This video is how Jessica and Brad told them that they are expecting. We had been taking pictures of all the family in front of the tree, and they thought I was just taking another picture, but I was really taking a video. I love the look on my daddy's face...and then mama cries and everyone cries. Great reactions!

Good news is so great!

More great news on this day (Christmas) is that God sent His only son, Jesus, to be born in order to reconcile us (you) to Him. There's nothing we can do to be right with God, so God provided a way to bring us back to Him. This is good...and great news! What's your reaction?

It Was What???

Brett (4) is still trying to learn to go poop in the potty. He's pretty good now at pee-peeing in the potty, but he still gives me a hard time about poop. Those are moments this mommy doesn't cherish. But recently he's been going. He'll tell us he needs to poop and he'll go to the bathroom. He's done it about 6 times now.

**Now side note you need to know for the rest of the story**

Matt's sister babysat for us last week. Brett had underwear on. I had full confidence in him. He pooped before we took him. Needlesstosay...he pooped in his pants at her house. Not only that, but the 3 little poop balls rolled out of his pants and into their hallway and Jaime's husband's foot found them.

**Now back to story**

Tonight he told me he needed to poop. And man did he!! It was a lot. I acted so thrilled and happy for him. I said, "Now you can go other places and poop in their potty and not in your pants like you did at Jaime's house" (my sister in law's name is Jaime also). I said, "You can just tell them you have to poop and they will help you go to the potty and you don't have to get poop in their hallway again!" Brett said, "That was not poop. That was mulch!"

Where he gets these things...I have no idea, but his mind is so funny!

I love the things he comes up with!

Maybe my next blog won't use the word *poop* so much!

The Meaning of Christmas

Saturday our church is doing Love In Action. This is where we will give out free turkeys with all the fixin's, free toys, free clothes, free blankets, free everything. They can even have their things wrapped at the wrapping station to give as gifts b/c most of these people will not have money to buy Christmas gifts. More than giving out free things, four of us will be doing nothing but sharing the gospel with everyone who comes in. That would be around 50-75 families. That's a lot of gospel. I'm nervous about this. Will I take too long and cause a back-up with so many people coming in? Will I mess up? Will I be confident in what I know? Will verses come to me on the spot? Will I be personable enough? How will I start the conversation?

God has helped me out a little on the last question. It's the Christmas season. We give gifts. I've bought for almost everyone we're going to buy for. These people can come in and get free gifts. We expect nothing from them. They can't earn or deserve these gifts. We love these people and want to give them things they can't go out and get on their own. Isn't that the Gospel??

We can't earn salvation. We don't deserve it. This baby that was born at Christmas came with a purpose. He was our substitute. A substitute teacher fills in for the teacher who can't be there. Jesus filled in...died for...our sins because we couldn't. It seems we do a pretty good job celebrating Jesus' birth, but maybe we don't remember WHY He came. WHY he was born. He was our free gift. The gift we don't deserve and can't earn. We can't be good enough. We can't get to God any other way than by putting our trust in this gift, Jesus.

So Saturday, I'm thrilled to send these people away with loads full of toys/food/clothes...but I'm more thrilled about sharing about this better gift that they can have...Jesus Christ.

What do you say when you receive a gift? "Thank you." There's no magic prayer or magic words that will save people. Receive His gift and say "Thank you."

That's the meaning of Christmas. Will you share this gift?