Advent Calendar Day 21 Gift

Welcome to the gift of an Advent Calendar.  I have always loved Advent calendars.  When I was little, I just couldn't wait to open each little door and find the surprise waiting there.

This Christmas I am turning my blog into an Advent calendar, so I can give you a Christmas surprise every day until Christmas.  Every day I will post downloadable artwork for you to use as my gift.

When my girls were grown and there was no one who believed at Christmas, my heart used to miss the laughter and joy.  I used to borrow that joy from my friend Joyce, who has the most delightful grandchildren ever.  This Christmas we are all walking on cloud nine.

 Today's gift are some more gift tags for you.

You can download your file here.  The name of the file is Advent Calendar Gift 21, Christmas tree tags. This will print nicely on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.  Happy gift wrapping.

Your download file with look like this.

I have also designed some with the word believe for you, which you can download here. The name of the file is called Advent Calendar Day 21 Gift, Believe Christmas tree tags.

Your file will look like this when you download it.

During the Christmas season, I will be creating more gift tags, Christmas stationery, and all kinds of art for you to use.  You can give the art as gifts, decorate your home or use on your Christmas crafts and cards.  If you miss a day, just click on this page, and you can see all the posts and artwork at a glance.

You can also find all of the artwork on my Pinterest Board called An Advent Calendar of Downloadable Artwork.  If you click the artwork that you like, it will lead you back here with the link to the download.

Little RJ has filled us all with the magic of Believing once again.  We took him to see Santa yesterday, and between this little Santa helper and the many little ones waiting alongside us...

I am filled with the joy of believing again!

Advent Calendar Gift, Day 12

Welcome to the gift of an Advent Calendar.  I have always loved Advent calendars.  When I was little, I just couldn't wait to open each little door and find the surprise waiting there.

This Christmas I am turning my blog into an Advent calendar, so I can give you a Christmas surprise every day until Christmas.  Every day I will post downloadable artwork for you to use as my gift.

Today's gift is about thinking back to your  favorite Christmas Ornament that you loved to hang on the tree. Do you remember the beautiful memories of Christmas when you Believed?

Years ago I wrote a children's story  for my daughters and this is one of the watercolor paintings I used to illustrate the book for them.  It was all about the thrill of being little and allowed to hang the favorite ornaments on the tree.

I have created an 8" x 10" print, which will print nicely on an 8.5" x 11" sheet.  The name of the file is called Advent Gift Day 12, Christmas Ornaments, and you can download the file here.

I thought you might like to use this image as tags for your gifts.  So, I created a sheet of Christmas tags for you.  The name of the file is Advent Day Gift 12, Christmas Ornament tags.  You can download the file here.

While you drive to go Christmas shopping, or are decorating your home.  Take time to remember when you were a child at Christmas.  It's something I do at least once a day during this season.  I go back to that magical time, when I believed.

During the Christmas season, I will be creating more gift tags, Christmas stationery, and all kinds of art for you to use.  You can give the art as gifts, decorate your home or use on your Christmas crafts and cards.  If you miss a day, just click on this page, and you can see all the posts and artwork at a glance.

You can also find all of the artwork on my Pinterest Board called An Advent Calendar of Downloadable Artwork.  If you click the artwork that you like, it will lead you back here with the link to the download.

A Message of God

I have been meaning to tell you about something really lovely.



Every morning when I check my mail I receive an e-mail from The Whispers of God.

Like today:



Thought for the Day - May 15, 2011

"God has given us today - another day full of His wonder. Even if you are struggling through the day, there will be something that happens today that will be God telling you He loves you - keep your eyes, ears, mind, and heart open to Him."

Have an awesome day knowing God loves you!

Elmer Laydon



They are the loveliest messages and they truly work,



reminding me how much God loves us.



"God's love is unconditional. He does not love you more or less based upon what you have, what you might become, or what you might be able to do in the future. He loves you for who you are today."
by Elmer



"It's easy to live like a child of God for the hour or two that we might attend church services each week. The real challenge is living in His Word 24/7. No one said it would be easy but God did say He would be with us as we tried to walk the narrow path that He has shown us."
By Elmer



The Whisper of God also has a place on their site for prayer requests.



I love reading my devotionals, but it is so nice to get an e-mail with a message of God. I loved learning about how The Whisper of God got it's name.



To quote Elmer...Have an awesome day knowing God loves you!









The song for this post is Amazing Love.

As a thank you for stopping by, I would like to offer a gift of any image from this post for your own personal use.  Please take home any image from my post, that speaks to your heart.

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I was angry

Very angry,

I could feel my blood pressure rising and I could find no outlet for my emotions.

I sat blasting my worship music and trying my hardest to rid myself of the anger.

So many thoughtless people.

So much unkindness seemed to find it’s way to me this week.

Why is it so hard for people to be kind?

Why are people so busy trying to be in the “in crowd” that they have forgotten small acts of kindnesses to include the newcomer?

Why would family hurt family members?  Why in the world would anyone reject the rejected?  

I just had a week of too many encounters with harshness and witness to wrong thinking.

I tried to look around to find some kindness.

I opened up my blog and read the lovely comments, which felt like a soothing balm.  

I went to visit Chris Graham of Gratitude, Hope and Inspiration.  Her post was about this thought provoking song Blessings by Laura Story.  Thank you so much Chris.

The anger began to leave me as I read her words,

and then I found the song.

The words grabbed me by the shoulders and turned me around.  I knew that I would share this song today and I would write my words.

So, I will allow the Lord to turn what made me angry into a blessing today, and comfort myself knowing that everything I had endured this week made me remember...

this is not our home, and it wasn't His either.

As this song changed my thought's direction, I felt worship instead of anger.

Friday is Good Friday.