Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas (part 1)

What a whirlwind it has been lately. Christmas has never been so busy for us! So fun, but extremely exhausting! Here's a quick recap...



We were blessed this year to get a fresh perspective on the birth of Jesus. We volunteered (or I should say we were roped in...and later showed excitement) to play the role of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. Thankfully there were no speaking parts! Our church did a first-ever live nativity scene. It was really cool how it turned out. People entered the church, where there were live animals and shepherds who led visitors on a short walk to get to the manger scene. On the way, they told the story how an angel appeared and told them the news that Jesus was born. Greg and I were to simply act like typical new parents. We offered scraps of food to our visitors and chatted about what it must have been like back then. Little girls and boys ran up to offer baby Jesus (Kensie) little leather bracelets they had made at the craft tents. It was such a precious time for us. I kept thinking just how dirty everything must have been for Mary and Joseph. And why on earth did Joseph stick around when he had absolutely no part in creating this child? Was Mary's delivery a hard one or easy one? How much did Jesus weigh? And how did it really feel for Mary to look into the eyes of this amazing child of God?? So neat to see it in a fresh new light.

Kensie was such a little trooper too. We were there for about 3 hours. She was happy when awake and slept in the actual manger for like 45 minutes! Of course when we got home, she showed her true colors :).


Hope your Christmas was grand!

More to come...Christmas parties and another family wedding!! Stay tuned!

3 comments:

  1. that is so stinin cool! how fun!

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  2. Shannon,
    THANKS for sharing of your Christmas experience!!
    Sounds like it added 'depth' to everyone's Christmas that attended.
    Thanks for the willingness to be used by God to share His Story here on earth.
    Blessings......

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  3. HAH I love that she slept in the manger... and how fun it must have been for the kids to see an actual baby and give bracelets ... that's soo neat! And ya know i was thinking all the same things about Jesus' birth... wonder how tough it was on Mary... how much did he weigh... and what a mess they must of made in that stable! (gross know sry)

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