Psalm 67

I love the Psalms. Psalm 23 has always been one of my favorite passages. I have been slowly making my way through the Psalms as I've been trying to make my way through the Old Testament, and I found this sweet, simple prayer in Psalm 67:1, but I'll post the whole Psalm, because it's short, and all of it's great!

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

1May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
Selah
2that your way may be known on earth,
your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!

4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth.
Selah

5 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!

6The earth has yielded its increase;
God, our God, shall bless us.
7God shall bless us;
let all the ends of the earth fear him!

FA LA LA LA LA LA.... LA LA LA LA LA

Shopping. Done! Work. Almost Done! Baking. Never Done! You know what's sweet about the Christmas season? There are millions, or I guess more like, billions, of people rejoicing over Jesus! This week at work we have been listening to The River, the local radio station that play Christmas music 24/7, and it makes me giggle when I think of how many other people are listening to it, and singing or enjoying songs that are celebrating Jesus. It reminded me to pray for all those listening who might not fully understand what they're listening to or why these Christmas songs make their hearts stir. I hope they hear some of those words, and begin to think "oh, that's what I'm singing about?" And the sweet little children who love to sing along, may God plant those seeds deep in their sweet little spirits! Rejoice! Rejoice!

I think I could spend hours reading these verses over and over.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Might God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Baby Will!

Bo & I had the greatest Christmas present ever! We got to meet our baby boy on the 16th. He's really cute. The nurses were ooing and aahhing over his sweet little cheeks and nose. Perhaps I should stop here, and state that this was only an ultrasound! haha He was moving a lot! His teeny arms and lips were moving up and down. I think he's going to be a talker - like his Dad of course!

Technology is amazing I must say. I always thought this kind of thing would weird me out (and some of the skeletal looking shots did), but for the most part I just stared at the screen in awe. This experience to the Christmas magic of the season to a new level. Will's Grandma's, and Grandpa (Popo?) were there to participate in the fun. It was sweet to see what a blessing it was for them, since this was their very first ultrasound experience also. You can check out pics of our little monkey below. :)

Christmas-time is Here!

love Christmas! Since we are receiving are first snow of the season I was inspired to express my yuletide joy! :) Plus I thought I should post some pics of Bo's and my holiday festivities thus far. Bo and I always have fun on our day of decorating. We set the mood with some Christmas music, hot cocoa, and goodies of some sort! It was also fun to have our housemate, Stacy, help us decorate this year! The more the merrier!! Now that we actually have our very own home to decorate, Bo is actually out today hanging lights around the house. He is even feeling so adventurous as to try to line the peaks of our house, which are not really easily "accessible." So let's hope and pray that he doesn't fall of the roof. :) (As I sit inside snuggled up on couch, blogging, and watching Barefoot Contessa)

Next, we made our annual trek to Frankenmuth. It was a lot of fun, as my mom & dad, brother & his girlfriend, accompanied us this year! We stayed at the Bavarian Inn Lodge, which was a really fun place to stay, and a recommendation if you have kiddos! Every year we manage to get some crazy pics, so I posted some of those below! I really think my dad missed his calling as a lion tamer! He would have been great! haha





Last but not least... We went to the Christmas tree lighting in downtown BG! It was a fun little festive treat for the community. They also had carriage rides, but I was too pooped to wait in line.