Okay here's today's devotional thought- just when I think I am feeling like I'm really getting together, God allows me to be humbled. Plain and simple, pride crowds Jesus right out of our heart. Isn't it interesting that in almost every Christmas Story play ever performed, the inn-keeper has one of the most pivotal lines, "There is no room."
This isn't just a line for a Christmas play.
So, I often ask Jesus to reveal to me when my heart is getting off kilter.
Recently, He did this in the most hysterical way. Now, remember, it is not often that I really feel like I have it all together. But one day Renee, LeAnn and I were on a conference call with a large radio station planning a conference we'll be working on together. The big wig from the radio station was telling me that they wanted me to help promote our conference by coming out for their station's birthday bash to speak. They have a small little bash with about 8,000 of their closest friends. Wow!
She went on to say that I'd be speaking in between two headliner music groups like Mercy Me and Barlow Girls. But, she warned, that I would be speaking while standing in front of the curtain while behind the curtain they would be changing the set for the next music group. She went on to say,"It will get noisy- and possibly distracting."
Me: "Oh, I'll be fine. I'm good at tuning out distractions."
Her: "You're the bomb."
Me: "Oh, I'm not the bomb, I'm just used to speaking while other things are going on. I'll be fine."
Renee: "Lysa, she did not just say you're the bomb--- she said you're a mom!"
Seriously y'all. Nothing like eating a good ol' fashioned piece of humble pie!
Now for the reason that I'm telling you this story.
I am not the bomb--- that has been made perfectly clear--- but I am a mom that wanted to find a cute way to wrap the zillions of things that have to be wrapped this time of the year. Last year I waited too long to go buy wrapping paper so Art took it upon himself to love me by going to the CVS store to buy paper.
Remember my post recently about his issue with not caring about things matching? Well, my packages last year were simply sad- as in really sad. But I loved that he thought of me so I used the (shhh--- don't tell) ugly and not matching paper.
This year I got smart and bought plenty of paper that matched, matched, matched! And I even bought some tulle and ribbons on clearance at Hobby Lobby to make it all look just so.
And, I have a photo of my creation. You all know that I am CRAFT CHALLENGED so this was HUGE for me. But I clearly know that neither me nor my creation is "the bomb."
It is so easy and so cheap to do~ You just get an inexpensive bag (I think I paid fifty cents for this one). Then you get a spool of white tulle and a spool of the same color tulle that matches the bag. Tulle is like that stuff that a bride's veil is made from---I got spools of it (on sale right now) at Hobby Lobby.
You tie two bows, one on top of the other onto the bag handles. Then you cut the loop parts of the bow to give it that full, fluffified look. (I'm sorry I know that is not a word but I'm having a moment here where I can hardly believe I am giving craft instructions and fluffified just seemed like such a perfect description for what I'm telling you. I would be scared that Martha Stewart would be calling to get the rights to my creation and my fluff word but I did not hand knit my ribbons or dye my own tissue paper so maybe not!)
Then you get other ribbons that coordinate and tie small sections of them i
n the center of the fluffified tulle. Finally you can top it all off by attaching a gift card, candy cane, ornament, bell, Christmas Card, or whatever. FUN! FUN!
Okay, I'll attach a closer up look at the fluffication of the bow. And I honestly spent less than $1 for this whole gig. (Or gag if you don't like fluffified things.) Either way I still clearly know that I am not the bomb!
NOW FOR TODAY'S ONE COOL CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!
Yesterday's WINNERS---
Suzie Eller's give away~
Tam who adopted a precious sounding teen aged girl who stands taller than her.
Martha Bolton's give away~
Sherry who hid and burned plastic containers in her oven (now, who is the real bomb?---literally)
Congrats girls! E-mail me at Lysa1@Proverbs31.org and give me your mailing address. Yipppeee!
Now for TODAY'S GIVE AWAY---
Tricia Goyer
"Escape into History" pack-
Four WWII fiction novels by Tricia Goyer
Chocolate
$20 Starbucks card
http://www.triciagoyer.com/
http://www.triciagoyer.blogspot.com/
Now, Tricia has written a delightful devotional that I'll be posting another day before Christmas but until then, leave a comment below by clicking on the word "comments" and you'll be entered into today's drawing! And be sure to pop over to Tricia's blog and say hello.
Merry Christmas!
This isn't just a line for a Christmas play.
So, I often ask Jesus to reveal to me when my heart is getting off kilter.
Recently, He did this in the most hysterical way. Now, remember, it is not often that I really feel like I have it all together. But one day Renee, LeAnn and I were on a conference call with a large radio station planning a conference we'll be working on together. The big wig from the radio station was telling me that they wanted me to help promote our conference by coming out for their station's birthday bash to speak. They have a small little bash with about 8,000 of their closest friends. Wow!
She went on to say that I'd be speaking in between two headliner music groups like Mercy Me and Barlow Girls. But, she warned, that I would be speaking while standing in front of the curtain while behind the curtain they would be changing the set for the next music group. She went on to say,"It will get noisy- and possibly distracting."
Me: "Oh, I'll be fine. I'm good at tuning out distractions."
Her: "You're the bomb."
Me: "Oh, I'm not the bomb, I'm just used to speaking while other things are going on. I'll be fine."
Renee: "Lysa, she did not just say you're the bomb--- she said you're a mom!"
Seriously y'all. Nothing like eating a good ol' fashioned piece of humble pie!
Now for the reason that I'm telling you this story.
I am not the bomb--- that has been made perfectly clear--- but I am a mom that wanted to find a cute way to wrap the zillions of things that have to be wrapped this time of the year. Last year I waited too long to go buy wrapping paper so Art took it upon himself to love me by going to the CVS store to buy paper.
Remember my post recently about his issue with not caring about things matching? Well, my packages last year were simply sad- as in really sad. But I loved that he thought of me so I used the (shhh--- don't tell) ugly and not matching paper.
This year I got smart and bought plenty of paper that matched, matched, matched! And I even bought some tulle and ribbons on clearance at Hobby Lobby to make it all look just so.
And, I have a photo of my creation. You all know that I am CRAFT CHALLENGED so this was HUGE for me. But I clearly know that neither me nor my creation is "the bomb."
It is so easy and so cheap to do~ You just get an inexpensive bag (I think I paid fifty cents for this one). Then you get a spool of white tulle and a spool of the same color tulle that matches the bag. Tulle is like that stuff that a bride's veil is made from---I got spools of it (on sale right now) at Hobby Lobby.You tie two bows, one on top of the other onto the bag handles. Then you cut the loop parts of the bow to give it that full, fluffified look. (I'm sorry I know that is not a word but I'm having a moment here where I can hardly believe I am giving craft instructions and fluffified just seemed like such a perfect description for what I'm telling you. I would be scared that Martha Stewart would be calling to get the rights to my creation and my fluff word but I did not hand knit my ribbons or dye my own tissue paper so maybe not!)
Then you get other ribbons that coordinate and tie small sections of them i
n the center of the fluffified tulle. Finally you can top it all off by attaching a gift card, candy cane, ornament, bell, Christmas Card, or whatever. FUN! FUN!Okay, I'll attach a closer up look at the fluffication of the bow. And I honestly spent less than $1 for this whole gig. (Or gag if you don't like fluffified things.) Either way I still clearly know that I am not the bomb!
NOW FOR TODAY'S ONE COOL CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!
Yesterday's WINNERS---
Suzie Eller's give away~
Tam who adopted a precious sounding teen aged girl who stands taller than her.
Martha Bolton's give away~
Sherry who hid and burned plastic containers in her oven (now, who is the real bomb?---literally)
Congrats girls! E-mail me at Lysa1@Proverbs31.org and give me your mailing address. Yipppeee!
Now for TODAY'S GIVE AWAY---
Tricia Goyer
"Escape into History" pack-
Four WWII fiction novels by Tricia Goyer
Chocolate
$20 Starbucks card
http://www.triciagoyer.com/
http://www.triciagoyer.blogspot.com/
Now, Tricia has written a delightful devotional that I'll be posting another day before Christmas but until then, leave a comment below by clicking on the word "comments" and you'll be entered into today's drawing! And be sure to pop over to Tricia's blog and say hello.
Merry Christmas!
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