Archives for December 2015

Mother of the Bride, Enjoy December!

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Mother of the Bride, as December dawns, are you feeling a sense of panic rising? If so, that’s not surprising. The month of December, in all its holiday flurry, is enough spark a sense of panic in any woman, let alone one who is trying to help her daughter plan a wedding.

Why not give yourself (and your daughter!) a break and agree to put as much wedding planning as possible on hold this month? I realize there may be a few things that are time-sensitive that may require your attention, but everything else can wait. Now is the time to enjoy the holidays with your family, and you don’t want to miss opportunities for quiet moments of reflection and worship either.

So Mother of the Bride, enjoy December. I will be posting here the first half of the month, but I’ll be taking a blogging break the last half of the month. You take a break, too—beginning now, okay?!

*You might also like to read Time Management: Give Yourself a Break, MOB.

*Why not pop over to my home page and enter the Little Christmas Warmth Giveaway? Deadline to enter is 6 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 9th!

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A Little Christmas Warmth Giveaway!

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Friends, you know it’s not the Christmas season without some sort of holiday giveaway from me, right? As I’ve told you in years past, I love to play Santa and this year is no different. In fact, I can feel a Ho, Ho, Ho about to burst forth this very minute—and it’s only December 3rd!

With merry wishes for the warmth of the season to be yours, I give you the Little Christmas Warmth Giveaway! The winner of this cozy little giveaway will win a $15 gift card to Starbucks. Yummy, huh?

Just leave a comment on this blog post by 6 p.m (CST) next Wednesday Dec. 9, and I’ll announce the winner in my midweek post the next day. Any comment will do, but to make it more fun, tell me your favorite warm-me-up drink. Mine would have to be hot chocolate :)

As we warm up our chilled bodies this season with piping hot drinks, let’s not to forget to warm up our souls as well. Let’s carve out a few quiet moments each day to reflect on the glorious gift of our Savior’s birth. As we are touched anew by his great love, our souls will be filled with a true Christmas warmth that will naturally spill out onto others. What do you say? Let’s spread the warmth!

“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

*Flickr photo by Glenn Waters ぐれんin Japan, Creative Commons License