The True Story of Christmas
Luke 2:20 NIV
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Black Butte Ranch, OR Psalm 42:5-6 NLT Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! Before Elizabeth Taylor grew up to be a stunning, seductive Hollywood star, she was Velvet Brown in National…
Isaiah 43:2 GNT When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you. Smokey Bear has been on a mission of wildfire prevention since 1944. As a part of the WWII war effort following Pearl Harbor, the Forest Service wanted to initiate a civilian based…
James 1:23-24 GNT If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like. Mona Lisa wasn’t smiling? For…
Luke 1:37-38 NIV For no word from God will ever fail. I am the Lord’s servant, Mary answered. May your word to me be fulfilled. Then the angel left her. Oh! To Be Christie Just One Christmas!! I have been very blessed to have a friend for my entire life. No, seriously. Christie and I…
Deuteronomy 1:31 GNT And in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely all the way to this place, just as a father would carry his son. Often as a child, I would walk in the pasture with my dad and check the cows. During a storm, a hickory tree had toppled, but about…