Countdown Complete

Upon arriving in Helena I was having so much fun with family that I became completely distracted from my Christmas Countdown. It has been an enjoyable, memorable, and wonderful Christmas Season.

December 18th - Matthew 5:8 PURE IN HEART "Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean." Goethe

December 19th - 1 Corinthians 13:7 ENDURANCE "Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." Henry J. Kiser

December 20th - Proverbs 1:4 WISDOM "Close your mouth and open your eyes; you need little else to make you wise."

December 21st - Romans 14:16 JUDGE NOT "We also have an abundance of that which we condemn."

December 22nd - John 15:12 SHOW LOVE "If you haven't got charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." Bob Hope

December 23rd - Proverbs 4:11 LEADER "You have to face the music before you can lead the band."

December 24th - Philippians 4:8 HONEST "Nurture great thoughts, you will never go higher than your greatest thoughts." Benjamin Disraeli

December 25th - Luke 2:11 CHOSEN "Whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies."

I've really enjoyed reflecting on this Christmas Countdown during the month that we celebrate the Saviors birth. It's been nice to reflect on what the Savior has brought into this world: His most wonderful and beautiful life, example, and sacrifice. How I hope in this new year that I can become more like the person that He wants me to be.

Christmas Countdown Dec 17th

John 15:13 FRIEND "Love is a friendship set to music." E. Joseph Cossman

Christmas Countdown Dec 16th

Hebrews 6:15 PATIENT "Patience is counting down without blasting off."

Christmas Countdown Dec 15th

Matthew 11:29 MEEK "The best way to be right or wrong is humbly."

Christmas Countdown Dec 14th

Matthew 5:48 PERFECT "Let's grow where we're planted, not exist where we're stuck."

Christmas Countdown Dec 13th

Leviticus 19:2 HOLY "He who gives always his best, soon finds his best is better."

Christmas Forest

A friend of mine gave me the pattern for these tree napkins.

Christmas Countdown Dec 12th

Matthew 5:16 GOOD WORKS "I see, I forget. I hear, I remember. I do and I am changed."

Christmas Countdown Dec 11th

Daniel 6:26 STEADFAST "God left man to be on his honor; not to be alone." - Senator Everett Dirkson

Christmas Countdown Dec 10th

Luke 6:36 MERCIFUL "A person who doesn't thank a friend is ungrateful, but a person who doesn't thank God is unmerciful to himself."

Christmas Countdown Dec 9th

Mark 5:19 COMPASSION "Tho the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it." Helen Keller

Christmas Countdown Dec 8th

Matthew 5:9 PEACEMAKER "Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace." Amelia Airhart

Christmas Countdown December 7th

Colossians 3:20 OBEDIENCE "It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong."

Christmas Count Down Dec 1st - 6th

Dec 1st - John 13:15 EXAMPLE "Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to follow. So first improve yourself today and then your friends tomorrow."

Dec 2nd - Matthew 18:4 HUMILITY "Pride is concerned with who is right; humility is concerned with what is right." Ezra Taft Benson

Dec 3rd - Colossians 3:13 FORGIVENESS "He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thou. If weaker spare him, if stronger spare thyself." Seneca

Dec 4th - 1 Corinthians 16:14 CHARITY "Love makes the world go round, but laughter keeps us all from jumping off."

Dec 5th - John 12:26 SERVICE "There are a lot of formulas for success that work -- if you do."

Dec 6th - James 2:18 FAITH "Remember, it wasn't raining when Noah started the ark."

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It was wreath making again this weekend. We always have such a good time. I also made centerpieces with some pine... My place smells divine!