Thursday, December 25, 2008

Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Christmas is my favorite time of the year! I love the music. I love the presents. I love the squeals of delight that come from the mouth of kiddos (and grown-up kiddos!). I love the preparation. I love the food. I love the decorations. I love the shopping. I love the trees. I love the candy canes. I love the JOY. I love the games. I love family. I love friends. But even more than all of this, I love Jesus. He truly is the very best gift of all!! And CHRISTmas is all about celebrating His birth. In honor of His birthday, we like to get a birthday cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. It is a pretty sweet celebration. Here are some pictures of the things I love about Christmas...










I love that Jesus came to this earth to save us. I love that He is coming again. I love that I can eagerly anticipate His return!! I love that He loves each and every person and that no matter where you have been, the blood that He shed on the cross is enough to cover it. I love the HOPE that the baby Jesus brought to the world. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6

God gave us the gift of everlasting life through faith in His Son Jesus.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3:16

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep have gone astray, each one of us has turned his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:5-6

Thank you Jesus! Thank you for being my Savior!

Is He yours, my friend?

Merry, Merry Christmas!!

**Brent is BIG into making birthday banners. This morning he got up early and made one for Jesus...only he made a big mistake in spelling. Did you notice? And he did it twice.=) Oh my, did we ever have a GOOD laugh about this!!

4 comments:

Julie said...

What a fun post! I did not notice the "birtday" twice... but did when I went back :) Oh well! What a wonderful celebration of Jesus!
Blessings to all of you~
Julie

Snyder said...

I miss you sooo much...the boys are sledding today and I am staying with the girls watching Sleeping Beauty and drinking hot coco! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Sharon Moorhead said...

Thank You Jaci! Boy, did we laugh about the whole spelling thing! Maybe you should homeschool Brent, too. Just kidding! Miss you guys! Loved the pictures.

jamiechadandsam said...

Hi Jaci,
I did not notice the banner - that is quite funny. Always fun to read about your adorable family