Blessings. stuffings. naked trees.

I'm sitting here taking a "break" from what I am preparing for tomorrow and the upcoming Advent season. I'm pondering and answering my youngest as she gets progressively louder in her request for more crayons. *laugh* She has more than she can use already - but she wnts more none-the-less. Isn't that how we are? We have much and we still want more....Lord, thank you for your ample provisions!!
This will be a very jumbled post - I just want to get some thoughts out and share a few things.
Today I am making pies - 2 apple and 2 pumpkin, preparing a vegetable tray, and making two cheese balls for pre-dinner munching. I also want to get some aspects of the house a bit cleaner and hope to get all the clean clothes put away!! I printed out the Jesse Tree ornaments for the kids to color at our family devotions, as well as the devotions themselves. *smile* I love Advent! I'm also looking forward to crafting an Advent wreath this year. This afternoon the children are going to make a "Thankfulness Banner" .
I read a book yesterday that shared a really good point - the wording was excellent and I want to share that:

You see, my friends, deep down inside where no other person can go with you, in the innermost chamber of the heart, only two options exist. You are either alone, or you share that inner sanctum of the soul with your heavenly Father. No one else can go there. Not friends, parents, husband, wife, no one. Either you and God live there together, or you are by yourself. And if you are alone, it is an aloneness that will remain for all eternity.
~Michael Phillips, Destiny Junction

That's it.


Now there is something from a parenting angle that I wanted to have here so I can refer to it at a later date if I want so I'll post that as well.

Basically, I believe that my job as a mom is to be a suffering servant for my little one and always wash her (adorable little)feet before I take any glory myself, because she is the "least of these" in our family. It's a pain in the butt sometimes, and I do resent it sometimes, but that's because I'm sinful. I don't think that Jesus resented us, and He suffered all the way to the cross for us. And I am called to do the same for my babies. I just do it sinfully.
That's what I think AP is, putting your kids' needs first, and not giving them any reason to think that they are lesser than their parents, or that they cannot count on them, or that their needs are unimportant. But not that they can get away with whatever they want to.

~Devona www.loveandblunder.blogspot.com (which I read posted by TulipMama on the GCMblog

Alright, now I must away with me...more to do, think, and see!

And of course,

Happy Thanksgiving!