Saturday, December 10, 2011

Dearest God,

This is our big weekend, our yearly Advent weekend when seven of my grandchildren, ages 4-11, come to stay with me. With all kinds of activities planned to give us 44 hours together, it is a grand time to share our love for one another.

Lord, with love that you have given us, we have a full roster of things to do like sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags in one big room, enjoying a floor picnic by the Christmas tree and eating hot dogs cooked in the fireplace, watching nighttime Christmas movies at home, eating a candlelighted breakfast with Christmas dishes in the dining room, making cookies and cards for two soldiers, singing Christmas songs in the car, caroling, giving cookies, clothes, and a Christmas jar full of money for a new roof at a home for recovering drug addicts, making Christmas pajamas out of long johns, wandering around Conner Prairie Prairietown, taking a wagon ride, dancing in one of the 1836 homes, and making paper dolls, praying each night, going to church on Sunday, and eating at their favorite Bob Evans Restaurant. Whew!

Our time together is made possible by you and we are very thankful.

Good and Gracious God,
I am filled
with love
for you.
I am
constantly reminded
that all
my good gifts
come from you.
Every time.

Love always, Andrea