…when life hands you garbage,

make compost!

My grapevine knows that the best nutrients sometimes come from the nastiest junk...

GONE

The Love of God…

Joyeux Noël

My word last Christmas was “JOY”.
This year, I found “NOEL” and decided to study up on it. And I’m glad I did, because Monday when our exterminator stopped by he asked what that word meant.Some researchers claim the word Noel simply means a Christmas song and that it dates from the early 19th century. A few state that it originated centuries before the French used it. Some say that Noel means “good news”. My favorite explanation (and the one I shared with my bug guy) asserts that “NO-” comes from the Latin natalis which means “birth,” and “-EL” of course, is Hebrew for God. Thus, to me, Noel celebrates the birth of God.

Like last year, we visited our friends’ church to hear their Christmas concert.
And again, as I was leaving the church, God brought me “my word” as He did last December.
May you be blessed this season as we celebrate His birth.

normal day

she stands