Season Of Love

The Legend of the Sand Dollar

There is a pretty little legend

That I would like to tell

Of the birth and death of Jesus

Found in this lowly shell.

If you examine closely

You'll see that you find here

Four nail holes and a fifth one

made by a Roman's spear.

On one side the easter lily

It's center is the star

That appeared unto the shepherds

And led them from afar.

The Christmas poinsettia

Etched on the other side

reminds us of His birthday

Our happy Christmastide.

Now break the center open

And here you will release

The five white doves awaiting

To spread good will and peace.

This simple little symbol

Christ left for you and me

To help us spread His Gospel

Through all eternity.

-Author unknown

"And you will have joy and gladness

and many will rejoice at His birth."

Luke 1:14

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Pupil of Rembrandt 

(1646) 

The Season of Love

The season of love is upon us

With its spirit of joy and good cheer,

When loved ones and friends surround us

And kind, little gestures are dear.

The season of love is upon us,

We can see it and feel it each day;

There's no time like Christmas to practice

That harmonious, true Christian way.

The season of love is upon us,

Enhanced by the pleasure it brings,

And memories now in the making

Can one day make lonely hearts sing.

The season of love is upon us,

And as we spread love far and wide,

We will rejoice in God's blessings,

Which forever with us will abide.

-Catherine Janssen Irwin

Vintage Christmas Card

"Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat.
Please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a half penny will do.
If you haven't got a half penny, then God bless you."  
-   Traditional English Christmas rhyme

 Dickensian Christmas Scene

Angus McBride 

"But you, Bethlehem Ephratah,

you are little to be among the clans of Judah;

yet out of you shall One come forth from Me

Who is to be Ruler in Israel,

Whose goings forth have been from of old,

from ancient days, eternity."

Micah 5:2

 

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?
Mary did you know..
The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the Great, I Am.

Mark Lowry/ Buddy Greene