by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tear off the paper, rip off the bow . . get to the present! That’s Christmas – kid style! Or you can be like my grandmother, and your grandmother (and me, now!) and save the bows. Rarely do I recycle the wrapping paper, but the bows –...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Pretend you’re a kid and lay down by the Christmas tree, scoot your head over until you’re looking up into the branches. Isn’t it amazing the perspective from the inside? Christmas isn’t always what it seems from the outside. There...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Very few nights are truly silent. We love the words of the carol, and the night of Jesus’ birth was very still and quiet in a sacred sense. But, in God’s ears, there is no silent night as far as earth is concerned. Every evening, He hears...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
What was it like for Mary to see the infant eyes of Emmanuel open on the world He came to save? The One who watched as the universe came into being now stared into the darkness of a winter night. And in that sacred moment, Jehovah God loved us...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Can I celebrate Christmas without the traditional accompaniments? Can you?Personally, I’d rather not. There is something comforting about the cookies, the shopping excursions, the festive meals, the decorations. Indeed, to avoid being a Scrooge, we...
