What Did She Know: Obeying Like Mary
Will you be like Mary, and step into your role in God’s story without knowing all the details.
Will you be like Mary, and step into your role in God’s story without knowing all the details.
It’s one of those questions, I didn’t know I had; why do we decorate with Christmas lights? We gathered around the breakfast table to begin our Morning Time just as we do every weekday morning. The kids each have their food. I have my giant cup of coffee because…early morning + four kids + homeschooling …
But the story doesn’t end in the manger with the shepherds, cows, and all the other animals looking adoringly at the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes as our Christmas programs portray. You see, that baby in the manger was just the beginning.
A few days before we took down the Christmas tree, my daughter scribbled out the words I had carefully written on the bottom of two of this year’s ornaments. Not just scribbled them out, scribbled them out with a permanent marker. When I heard my husband tell her, “You should probably ask Mommy before you …
Twas just days before Christmas and all through the house A mother was scurrying quicker than even the mouse. She had made a long list of everything left to do, The items upon it were none too few. Candies yet to be made and cookies to bake, If she went with store-bought, would they …