tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008165545249576760.post6104957856680598294..comments2023-10-12T07:10:34.990-07:00Comments on Not the way I planned it...: We (I) need a little Christmas...Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16306994198853962168noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008165545249576760.post-3679384783578464932012-01-11T06:43:09.479-08:002012-01-11T06:43:09.479-08:00Sarah, I love that you share this with ME...as if ...Sarah, I love that you share this with ME...as if you are speaking JUST to ME...Lol. Thank you! You make me feel a little less alone in this world <br />~ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008165545249576760.post-70358120263316783762012-01-09T06:49:08.435-08:002012-01-09T06:49:08.435-08:00Sarah – this brings me back to my early Christmase...Sarah – this brings me back to my early Christmases when I too felt – “this is not what Christmas is about!” And then holidays when my children spent with their Dad – I definitely flipped out with – “I’m supposed to be spending all my holidays with my children.” But after a few years of hissy fits (privately of course) – and once I allowed the Lord to take these moments to help me lean more and more on Him – our Christmases were filled with “our” traditions and became exciting, delightful, and sweet memories I can look back at with joy. <br /><br />Emmanuel – He IS with us – through every detail of our lives – every detail of our children’s lives! He has so much planned for you and your children.<br /><br />Luke 2:51-52 - But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987113738016824360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008165545249576760.post-54369982158877496372011-12-23T15:47:58.902-08:002011-12-23T15:47:58.902-08:00As always, Sarah, tears and laughter when I read y...As always, Sarah, tears and laughter when I read your posts.<br /><br />But no matter how much my eyes well up, I invariably finish reading with a sense of hope.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your life this way. <br /><br />A blessed Christmas to you and yours!franceonislandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417533410189365554noreply@blogger.com