DECEMBER 4th:
• Thought/story:
A Brother Like That
• Scripture: John 2:13-17
Event: Cleansing the Temple
Jesus Christ was reverent and opposed evil
• Recipe:
Holiday Wassail (This makes your house smell so good! You can make it as indicated here or put it in a crock pot so it can simmer and smell good for a long time!)
Ingredients: 3 quarts apple cider, 3 C. orange juice, 3 C. pineapple juice, ¾ C. lemon juice, ¾ C granulated sugar, 16 whole cloves, 4-6 cinnamon sticks
Instructions: In a large pan mix ingredients together and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 min. Remove cloves and cinnamon sticks. Serve warm. You can also float orange slices studded with cloves or add dollops of whip cream.
• Tradition:
Take a moment today to write down something you like about each member of your family. If you will be spending Christmas Eve with extended family, include their names as well. On Christmas Eve read these out loud. This way each member of the family can feel important and will remember the special things that were said about him or her on Christmas Eve! I’ll never forget the wonderful insight my sister wrote about one of my daughters (which they all happen to be beautiful singers) exclaiming that she had a strong impression that Yolanda sang in the choir of angels at the birth of baby Jesus!
• Small Gift Idea:
If you have a friendly/visiting teacher/ect. that you want to do something a little more for, try making gift sets that you can put together. A cookie gift set might have a cookie scoop, cookie cutters, a hotpad, a can of sprinklers and a roll of frozen sugar cookie dough. All you need to add is some sort of container to put it in, such as a basket. You can usually find these on sale somewhere. You can put other things together to personalize them so they look nice. More gift sets to come!
A BROTHER LIKE THAT
A friend of mine named Paul received a new car from his brother as a pre-Christmas gift present. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around his shiny new car, admiring it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he asked. Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.”
The boy looked astounded, “You mean your brother gave it to you, and it didn’t cost you anything? Gosh I wish . . .”
He hesitated and Paul knew what he was going to wish. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
“I wish,” the boy went on “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he asked, “Would you like to ride in my automobile?”
“Oh yes, I’d love it.” After a short ride the urchin turned, and with his eyes aglow said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again.
“Will you stop right where those steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while, Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little polio-crippled brother. He sat down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up right against him and pointed to the car.
“There she is Buddy, just like I told you. His brother gave it to him for Christmas, and it didn’t cost him a cent, and someday I’m gonna give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the little lad into the front seat of his car. The shining eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when He said, “IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE . . .”
Author unknown
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DECEMBER 4th
DECEMBER 4th:
• Thought/story:
A Brother Like That
• Scripture: John 2:13-17
Event: Cleansing the Temple
Jesus Christ was reverent and opposed evil
• Recipe:
Holiday Wassail (This makes your house smell so good! You can make it as indicated here or put it in a crock pot so it can simmer and smell good for a long time!)
Ingredients: 3 quarts apple cider, 3 C. orange juice, 3 C. pineapple juice, ¾ C. lemon juice, ¾ C granulated sugar, 16 whole cloves, 4-6 cinnamon sticks
Instructions: In a large pan mix ingredients together and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 min. Remove cloves and cinnamon sticks. Serve warm. You can also float orange slices studded with cloves or add dollops of whip cream.
• Tradition:
Take a moment today to write down something you like about each member of your family. If you will be spending Christmas Eve with extended family, include their names as well. On Christmas Eve read these out loud. This way each member of the family can feel important and will remember the special things that were said about him or her on Christmas Eve! I’ll never forget the wonderful insight my sister wrote about one of my daughters (which they all happen to be beautiful singers) exclaiming that she had a strong impression that Yolanda sang in the choir of angels at the birth of baby Jesus!
• Small Gift Idea:
If you have a friendly/visiting teacher/ect. that you want to do something a little more for, try making gift sets that you can put together. A cookie gift set might have a cookie scoop, cookie cutters, a hotpad, a can of sprinklers and a roll of frozen sugar cookie dough. All you need to add is some sort of container to put it in, such as a basket. You can usually find these on sale somewhere. You can put other things together to personalize them so they look nice. More gift sets to come!
A BROTHER LIKE THAT
A friend of mine named Paul received a new car from his brother as a pre-Christmas gift present. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around his shiny new car, admiring it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he asked. Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.”
The boy looked astounded, “You mean your brother gave it to you, and it didn’t cost you anything? Gosh I wish . . .”
He hesitated and Paul knew what he was going to wish. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
“I wish,” the boy went on “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he asked, “Would you like to ride in my automobile?”
“Oh yes, I’d love it.” After a short ride the urchin turned, and with his eyes aglow said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again.
“Will you stop right where those steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while, Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little polio-crippled brother. He sat down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up right against him and pointed to the car.
“There she is Buddy, just like I told you. His brother gave it to him for Christmas, and it didn’t cost him a cent, and someday I’m gonna give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the little lad into the front seat of his car. The shining eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when He said, “IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE . . .”
Author unknown
• Thought/story:
A Brother Like That
• Scripture: John 2:13-17
Event: Cleansing the Temple
Jesus Christ was reverent and opposed evil
• Recipe:
Holiday Wassail (This makes your house smell so good! You can make it as indicated here or put it in a crock pot so it can simmer and smell good for a long time!)
Ingredients: 3 quarts apple cider, 3 C. orange juice, 3 C. pineapple juice, ¾ C. lemon juice, ¾ C granulated sugar, 16 whole cloves, 4-6 cinnamon sticks
Instructions: In a large pan mix ingredients together and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 min. Remove cloves and cinnamon sticks. Serve warm. You can also float orange slices studded with cloves or add dollops of whip cream.
• Tradition:
Take a moment today to write down something you like about each member of your family. If you will be spending Christmas Eve with extended family, include their names as well. On Christmas Eve read these out loud. This way each member of the family can feel important and will remember the special things that were said about him or her on Christmas Eve! I’ll never forget the wonderful insight my sister wrote about one of my daughters (which they all happen to be beautiful singers) exclaiming that she had a strong impression that Yolanda sang in the choir of angels at the birth of baby Jesus!
• Small Gift Idea:
If you have a friendly/visiting teacher/ect. that you want to do something a little more for, try making gift sets that you can put together. A cookie gift set might have a cookie scoop, cookie cutters, a hotpad, a can of sprinklers and a roll of frozen sugar cookie dough. All you need to add is some sort of container to put it in, such as a basket. You can usually find these on sale somewhere. You can put other things together to personalize them so they look nice. More gift sets to come!
A BROTHER LIKE THAT
A friend of mine named Paul received a new car from his brother as a pre-Christmas gift present. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around his shiny new car, admiring it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he asked. Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.”
The boy looked astounded, “You mean your brother gave it to you, and it didn’t cost you anything? Gosh I wish . . .”
He hesitated and Paul knew what he was going to wish. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
“I wish,” the boy went on “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he asked, “Would you like to ride in my automobile?”
“Oh yes, I’d love it.” After a short ride the urchin turned, and with his eyes aglow said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again.
“Will you stop right where those steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while, Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little polio-crippled brother. He sat down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up right against him and pointed to the car.
“There she is Buddy, just like I told you. His brother gave it to him for Christmas, and it didn’t cost him a cent, and someday I’m gonna give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the little lad into the front seat of his car. The shining eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when He said, “IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE . . .”
Author unknown