On the fourth day of Christmas, Angels & Kings

Even though there are no more Christmas songs on the radio and stores are putting away all the decorations and many around us say its over, I'm trying to remember that there are really 12 days of Christmas to celebrate. Twelve days to let it sink in that God came down from heaven as a helpless little baby to a poor couple staying in a stable. That He announced His arrival first to lowly shepherds and distant kings. Trying to do as Mary did, and ponder these things in my heart.




So yesterday at church we continued to celebrate Christmas by putting on a Nativity Play. It is always so precious to see kids and adults alike, participate and enter into the wonderful story. The boys were both kings and Elena was an angel. The kids really enjoyed the practice and costumes and putting on the play. Joel, of course, had no problem projecting his voice so everyone could hear. He would also take a BIG breath right before he started to say his lines to make sure he could get through it all. Elena, on the other hand, went back and forth between wanting to be in the play and not wanting to at all. In the end, I told her she had to because we needed her. She was really happy to do it after all, anyway.


"When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart."
Luke 2:15-19