This Tuesday we set up our annual Free Hot Chocolate table. This was our 5th year giving away free cocoa to the community. It was cold, buurrrr. Perfect weather for hot cocoa. A new edition this year was the Sierra Singers, from our church. They joined us, and sang Christmas carols as we gave out cocoa. It was such a blessing to see people get their free cocoa loaded with marshmallows, whipped cream, and a candy cane, and then to watch them enjoy beautiful carols that speak the truth of Christmas. It is my prayer that each person we come in contact with will one day receive the free gift of life which was given to us in Jesus that first Christmas.
I'm Denise Jones~ Michael's wife, Noah, Emilie, and Josie's mommy.
Jesus knows me this I love.
Praise is who I am, praise is what I do.
I love words: written, spoken, sung, lived.
I have a love/hate relationship with homeschooling.
I value time spent with a good friend.
I go nowhere without my lipstick!
"Even in childhood was implanted within me a trace of that mysterious unity from which I was derived" St. Augustine
Everybody has to change or they expire. Everybody has to leave, leave their home and come back so they can love it again for all new reasons. I want to keep my soul fertile for the changes, so things keep getting born in me, so things keep dying when it is time for things to die. I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago. Only a good story has a character different at the end than it was in the beginning. Through Painted Deserts Donald Miller "Our whole life was only given to us to advance us by great strides toward our heavenly country." Lancelot Andrews In my life, God is always changing the way I think of Him. I am not saying GodHimself is changing, or thatmy theology is open and I blur the lines on truth;I am only saying I think I know who He is, then I figure outI don't know very much at all. Searching For God Knows What Donald Miller
A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis
Can you ship some of that hot chocolate-y goodness to the east coast?
ReplyDeleteI promise to sing a Christma Carol while I drink it....
i love it! i love your banner too - soo cute!
ReplyDeletei love love love your new header - the pictures are great.
so fun , another great year,and worship with friends, jesus was lovin this.
ReplyDeleteyour a special bunch
love mom
beautiful, denise. can't wait to see you on sunday!
ReplyDeleteI remember this from last year... is that POSSIBLE? Good grief, it's getting scary how fast the days and months and years fly by.
ReplyDeleteI'm finally back online and trying to catch up with my peeps! I've missed y'all!
Hope you have a very merry Christmas, Denise!
Love,
Jen