Christmas Giveaway!

I have been wanting to do a giveaway for a while, but life just keeps throwing me curve balls and I'm even struggling to post regularly. However, I am doing a Christmas/New Year giveaway because I didn't want to wait any longer.

Enter below to win this Be Still package for the new year!

Prize package includes a journal, a 2019 desktop calendar
(see a few images below) and a hand painted 5x7 canvas.

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Words of Wisdom Wednesday

Proverbs 28:4

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The few commentaries I have read on this verse speak in reference to the laws of the land. While I agree that that might fit this proverb, I also believe it speaks of God's law. Those of us who have a relationship with Christ should not sit quietly by as others forsake God's law. By doing so, we would be condoning the behavior. This verse says we should "contend" which means to stand against and fight. We can not be pacifists. We must stand for God's law.

Romans 12:9 says, "Abhor that which is evil". You can not sit quietly by if you truly abhor the evil being committed.

Random Acts of Kindness

I love hearing stories about Random Acts of Kindness. I also like seeing an opportunity to teach my children about serving others and being kind so a few times a year, I challenge them to show kindness and serve others. In November, we focused on serving those in our own immediate family. For December, I am going to do the same thing I did last year.

Christmas Bingo!

I believe I found this background in a Focus on the family magazine or website. I then personalized it for things that our family could do (some options weren't possible living out in the country and rarely making trips to town, budget restraints, etc.).

I would like to challenge you to maybe do something similar with your family. I have seen an Advent of Kindness floating around on facebook and I am sure if you searched Pinterest, you would come up with different variations. See what works for your family and give it a try.

For our Christmas Bingo, I believe I gave a small gift for each row they completed and then something larger if they completed the who sheet when we did it last year. I am not sure what I will do this year. Things I am considering are they get to pick a dinner, a "date" with mom, they can pick the movie for family night, etc.

If you decide to give this a try with your family, let me know! I love hearing about spreading kindness!