Saturday, December 27, 2008

Merry Christmas!





Our hearts are filled with gratitude to Our Great King!

The greatest gift ever given...JESUS!!!
As I think this time last year...
We were longing to have Libi Love home with us.
She was in the hospital in China with pneumonia, all alone.
Our hearts were also breaking in two as our little Ari Joy
had transitioned back home with her mama.
How we struggled to focus and rejoice in the Great gift of
Our Savior and King,
JESUS
This year...
On Christmas Eve I felt overcome with emotion as we sang Silent Night.
I felt so joyful and blessed.
I did not feel that way last year.
Last year I allowed my circumstances to rob me
of the true JOY and BLESSING that surrounds my life each day.
As we sang, I thought of Mary.
In that moment...the birth of her baby boy...she felt joyful and blessed.
Her thoughts were not of the sacrifice that lay ahead for her and her baby boy,
for she did not fully understand.
Her view was this Savior, this baby King.
When their 33 years together on this earth came to an end...
did she still feel joyful and blessed?
I believe amidst her heartache she did.
Blessed not only for what she had been given,
but I believe more joyful and blessed to have been part of such a
MIRACULOUS PLAN.
This is my desire...
to be ever aware of my part in this plan of a Savior.
That my JOY
be in the rescuer of my life
and my sense of BLESSING
in the opportunity to fulfill His purposes and plans.



This song below has become one of my favorite Christmas Songs this year.
My tears Of JOY are for my sweet Ariadna Joy!
My tears of HOPE are for our next adoption!
My tears of THANKFULNESS are for my Libi Faith,
and most of all My Jesus!!
(PAUSE THE PLAYLIST MUSIC TO LISTEN...)


Sometimes Christmas Makes Me Cry

I think of loved ones who’ve passed away
And I pray their resting in a better place
I think of memories of years gone by
And sometimes Christmas makes me cry
I think of soldiers across the sea
And Sometimes I wonder why its them instead of me
For my freedom they give their lives
And sometimes Christmas makes me cry
Tears of thankfulness,
tears of hope
I cry tears of joy
at Christmas cause I know
There is peace on earth for every heart to find
And sometimes Christmas makes me cry
I think of family,
I think of home
And say a prayer for those who spend this time alone
Cause love can reach out into a silent night
And that’s why Christmas makes me cry
Tears of thankfulness,
tears of hope
I cry tears of joy
at Christmas cause I know
There is peace on earth for every heart to find
And sometimes Christmas makes me cry
I think of Mary and the virgin birth
And I’m amazed at how much God thinks we’re worth
That He would send His only Son to die
And sometimes Christmas makes me cry



2 comments:

emily said...

I've been thinking about you guys! Love this post and the incredible pic of Libi sitting is just precious. :)

2 China 4 Addison said...

What a beautiful post. Merry Christmas to your beautiful family.

Libi's song