Jesus The Savior is Born! - I Wonder As I Wander

Jesus The Savior is Born! - I Wonder As I Wander

Whenever I am outside in God's beautiful creation I can't help but be reminded of everything that He has done for me.  Whether I am in my garden or taking a hike through the woods, my wandering turns into wondering.  Through this wondering I realize how much God loves ALL OF US!  He sent His only Son to be born a human, thereby bringing God to man.  Then, when Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again for ALL OF OUR SINS, He thereby brought man to God!

This Advent season we have been focusing on how to worship and celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.  Today, on this Christmas Day be sure to: glorify, adore, behold, proclaim, rejoice -  for Hallelujah! Our Savior is born today!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Please enjoy two different versions of the Christmas hymn: "I Wonder As I Wander"


A special thanks to "Julie Andrews - Topic" for sharing this with us on YouTube


 

 A special thanks to "Audrey Assad" for sharing this with us on YouTube

click the titles to view each post below:
Mary's Faithful Life
Joseph's Faithful Actions
The Swift Actions of the Shepherds
The Enduring Journey of the Magi

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Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #296

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!  I hope that you all have a blessed celebration with your friends and family.
(The linky below will not start until 7am Christmas Day)
Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #296!
Checkout the many great giveaways going on right now!

Click the button below to enter each Giveaway!!:

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Checkout my amazing "Featured" Pinterest Board

(click HERE to view & follow)

Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "No Room In The Inn" by A New Lens

2. "Away In a Manger" by Thelma's Days

3. "The Little Drummer Boy" by Annie's Home

If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.

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The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

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You're the STAR - Week#5 EXTRA (December 2018)

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and God's richest blessings in the New Year!

Thank you again for joining us!
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WELCOME to the December "You're the Star" Blog Hop!
Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

Chocolate Christmas Tree Ornaments - My Memory Portal
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WELCOME to EXTRA feature week of the December "You're the STAR" blog hop!
(Sometimes we will have 5 Mondays in a month - these 5th special Mondays are called "EXTRA feature" days)
Meet all of your STAR Hosts 

Swing by the STAR Hosts blogs:
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic
Darlene @ Let It Shine
Miranda @ The Myrabev Life
Elizabeth @ Family Farm School
Michelle @ Moms Are Frugal
Bev @ Eclectic Red Barn
Kippi @ Kippi at Home
This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories (except for this special EXTRA day - we will be featuring 2 extra).  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#1 GARDEN - gardening, homesteading, recycling &/or preserving (this can include any type of green living,  while remaining family friendly),
WEEK#2 CREATIVE - arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, computer art, fashion etc - anything creative while remaining family friendly)
WEEK#3 FAMILY - parenting, fitness, finances & inspirational (this can include anything about children like: education ideas for children, also self help, beauty etc -  anything family friendly)
WEEK#4 HOME - recipes, home décor, antique/DIY &/or travel (this can include anything about your home - even history posts - all while remaining family friendly)




(All features were chosen from the November "You're the Star" blog hop)

DIY Dollar Store Snow Globe Christmas Ornament by Our Crafty Mom

Christmas Goodies & a Project by A Debbie-Dabble Christmas


The Stockings Were Hung Ornament by Domestic Deadline

Hot Cocoa Bar by Kippi At Home

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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The Fourth of Advent - HALLELUJAH!

The Fourth of Advent - HALLELUJAH!
Today is the fourth of Advent and we continue celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.  If you would like to learn the basics about Advent and about having a family worship time (click HERE to view).  
This year we will focus on preparing our heart, mind and soul to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
(below each definition or Bible verse is a Christmas Hymn video - please listen and sing along with each song)

A special thanks to "Der Heliand" for sharing this with us on YouTube

A special thanks to "Ohujapaksu" for sharing this with us on YouTube

A special thanks to "treblechoir99" for sharing this with us on YouTube

A special thanks to "Eddie Willing" for sharing this with us on YouTube

click the titles to view each post below:
Mary's Faithful Life
Joseph's Faithful Actions
The Swift Actions of the Shepherds
The Enduring Journey of the Magi

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Click HERE to view or join this community
If you need prayer please fill out this
Prayer Request form

100 Years of Christmas Music - 2010's

100 Years of Christmas Music - 2010's

Music has always been a vital part of my Christmas celebrations, even since I was a child and into my adulthood.  During my childhood my family started out with a small radio that my parents placed on the fireplace mantel but then years later that was replaced with a surround sound stereo.  However, the real music that stands out in my memory was from Christmas Eve candle light services hearing the German Baptist choir harmonizing the songs of the season.

Even more precious than the choir music that I have memorialized in my heart occurred around the Advent Wreath during our 
"Advent Family Worship" (click HERE to read).

In this series I will feature Christmas songs from each decade over the past 100 years.
Even though we will just be beginning the final year of this decade, I thought that we have enough information to sum up this decade of the 2010's.  We just finished featuring songs from the 20's (click HERE to view 2000's)
  Today we continue our musical study with the "2010's."
This decade is known as "Twenty-tens" or "Two Thousand and Tens".  It has been a decade of many disruptions in world leadership - Hugo Chavez, Muammar Gaddafi and Kim Jong-ill all died.  In the "War on Terror", Osama bin Laden was assassinated in 2011.  The worst natural disaster (earthquake and tsunami) turned into the world's worst nuclear disaster in 2011 (Fukushima, Japan).  The Western world began an uprising against globalism with the Brexit vote (UK) and the election of President Donald Trump (USA).  In the tech world the tablet and laptop computers surpassed the PC computer.  Broadband internet and smartphones became mainstream.

This movie came out in 2017 and I hope that it will become a classic for future generations:


A special thanks to "Sony Pictures Animation" for sharing this with us on YouTube




A special thanks to "Jewel" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "Michael Buble" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "Trans-Siberian Orchestra" for sharing this with us on YouTube




A special thanks to "PTXofficial" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "christomlinmusic" for sharing this with us on YouTube

All 10 Posts in the "100 Years of Christmas Music" Series:

1920's

1930's

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000's

2010's

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Grow your own!

Many wonderful garden products from

 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!

click to view

100 Years of Christmas Music - 2000's

100 Years of Christmas Music - 2000's

Music has always been a vital part of my Christmas celebrations, even since I was a child and into my adulthood.  During my childhood my family started out with a small radio that my parents placed on the fireplace mantel but then years later that was replaced with a surround sound stereo.  However, the real music that stands out in my memory was from Christmas Eve candle light services hearing the German Baptist choir harmonizing the songs of the season.

Even more precious than the choir music that I have memorialized in my heart occurred around the Advent Wreath during our 
"Advent Family Worship" (click HERE to read).

In this series I will feature Christmas songs from each decade over the past 100 years.
We just finished featuring songs from the 90's (click HERE to view 1990's)
  Today we continue our musical study with the "2000's."
Of course we all know that this decade was marked by the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.  Almost 3,000 people were killed on that day and it is a day that changed daily life for everyone.  This brought on "The War on Terror" which started in 2001 and continues today.
The 2000's also saw globalization increase due to the growth of the Internet worldwide.
Weather was extreme during this decade with Hurricane Katrina - the costliest natural disaster in the United States.
PASSION FLOWER - The flower shown in the picture above is a tropical plant that I owned for years (very difficult to grow in Michigan).  When the picture was taken this house plant was 3 years old and had never bloomed.  But then on September 11th, 2001 it shared it's glorious colors with us.  I had rushed home from work after the Twin Towers were attacked and the opening of this blossom was like a symbol to me that we (The American people) were going to get through this horror.

There were wonderful Christmas movie classics filmed during the 2000's.  Here are a few clips from my favorites:


A special thanks to "SaneelGB" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "Movieclips" for sharing this with us on YouTube



A special thanks to "Michael Buble" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "Britney Spears" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "Seven Ellen" for sharing this with us on YouTube




A special thanks to "mercymeVEVO" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to "nettwerkbackstage" for sharing this with us on YouTube

All 10 Posts in the "100 Years of Christmas Music" Series:

1920's

1930's

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000's

2010's

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Shared with:

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(Checkout this month's wonderful Sponsor!) 

Cynthia from "ShorelineDesigned57"
Handmade one-of-a-kind jewelry & beads made from beautiful beach stones from the Great Lakes Shoreline.
Travel along the shoreline with Cynthia

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Grow your own!

Many wonderful garden products from

 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!

click to view

Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #295

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #295!
Checkout the many great giveaways going on right now!

Click the button below to enter each Giveaway!!:

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Checkout my amazing "Featured" Pinterest Board

(click HERE to view & follow)

Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "Farmhouse Christmas Decor" by Clover House

2. "A Handmade Giftcard Holder" by Amy's Creative Pursuits

3. "DIY Sparkles Mini Christmas Tree" by Decor Craft Design

If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.

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The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

_________________________________________
Grow your own!
Many wonderful garden products from
 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!
click to view