The Christmas Spirit is alive and well in our home this year. God is so good to us, sending us Jesus to pay homage!

  

I love Christmas! Jesus is the reason for the season! The manger scene is the central part of our Christmas decorations. We love the traditional tree and the past two years I have now a winter village which I love and enjoy, but I love the manger, we wait in our home to put the baby Jesus in it until at night on Dec. 24 when Jesus was born. I thank God each day, my entire life centers around Jesus and my faith. I am grateful to my parents to raise me up going to church, knowing Jesus, and bring me so close to such a beautiful faith. We love out Catholic faith, we love Jesus, we work and try to follow, reflect, and imitate Him the best we can as we are called to in our church and faith. I love that we serve a loving God who gave us Jesus, Emmanuel,  God with us, giving us an example, a model of how to live our this Earth School journey, doing the best we can to model our lives on Jesus. I do not not need praise or to be noticed by anyone here on Earth, only God, my Father who made me in His image, He gave me Jesus, and He is my King and Savior and who I want to follow. Although He was the despised Christ, the hated and persecuted, I sometimes feel I am too, my cross, but nonetheless, I want to follow Jesus. He is all that matters. I love celebrating His birthday each year and living the challenge each day to be more like Him, following, imitating, and reflecting Him. Thank you for everything God, thank you for Jesus! Merry Christmas! Let the love of Jesus live in you always!