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Monday, December 31, 2018

Happy New Year


Wishing you much 
success, good health, joy 
and happy stitching
in 2019

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Monday, December 24, 2018

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Reason for the Season


For God so loved the world
that He gave his one and
only Son,
that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish
but have
Eternal Life.
John 3:16

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Reason for the Season


Glory to God 
in the
Highest Heaven,
and on earth
Peace
to those on whom
His favor rests.
Luke 2:14

Friday, December 21, 2018

Reason for the Season


This is Christmas:  not the tinsel,
not the giving and receiving,
not even the carols,
but the humble heart
that receives a new
the wonderous gift,
the Christ.
Frank McKibben

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Reason for the Season


Therefore the Lord himself
will give you a sign.
Behold, a virgin shall
conceive and bear a son
and shall call his name
Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Reason for the Season


She will give birth to a Son,
and you are to give him
the name Jesus, 
because He will
save his people 
from their sins.
Matthew 1:21

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Reason for the Season


Each of us is an Innkeeper
who decides if there
is room for Jesus!
Neal A. Maxwell

Friday, December 14, 2018

Reason for the Season


Let us go over to Bethlehem
and see this thing that
has happened, which the Lord
has made known to us.
Luke 2:15

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Reason for the Season


The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
We have seen His glory,
the glory of the one and only Son,
who came from the Father,
full of Grace and Truth.
John 1:14

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Reason for the Season


Christmas is not just a day,
an event to be observed
and speedily forgotten.
It is a Spirit 
which should permeate
every part of our lives.
William Parks

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Reason for the Season


Mankind is a great,
an immense family...
This is proved by what we feel
in our hearts at Christmas.
Pope John XXIII

Monday, December 10, 2018

Reason for the Season


God never gives someone a Gift
they are not capable of receiving.
If He gives us a gift of 
Christmas,
it is because we all have
the ability to understand
and receive it.
Pope Francis

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Reason for the Season


May the God of home fill you
with all Joy and Peace in believing,
so that by the 
power of the Holy Spirit 
you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Reason for the Season


Every good gift 
and
every perfect gift is from 
above,
coming down from the 
Father of Lights 
with whom
there is no variation
or shadow due to change.
James 1:17

Friday, December 7, 2018

Reason for the Season


Your talent is God's
gift to you.
What you do with it is
your gift back to God.
Leo Buscaglia

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Reason for the Season


At this Christmas when Christ comes,
will He find a warm heart?
Mark the season of Advent
by loving and serving
the others with God's own
love and concern.
Mother Teresa

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Reason for the Season


When they saw the star,
they rejoiced exceedingly
with great Joy.
Matthew 2:10

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Reason for the Season


For God so loved the world
that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
John 3:16

Monday, December 3, 2018

Reason for the Season


This is Christmas:
not the tinsel,
not the giving and receiving,
not even the carols,
but the humble heart that receives
anew the wondrous gift,
the Christ.
Frank McKibben

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Reason for the Season


Therefore the Lord himself will
give you a sign.
Behold, the virgin
shall conceive and
bear a son, and
shall call his name 
Immanuel
Isaiah 7:14

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Reason for the Season


She will give Birth to a Son,
and you are to give him
the name Jesus,
because He will
save His people
from their sins.
Matthew 1:21