Julie Lyles Carr

I’m still figuring out the whole traveling-Christmas thing. Mainly trying to figure out how to have enough energy to throw a Christmas for our nuclear family once we arrive back in town from celebrating with all the extended family. And the best solution I’ve come up with so far is serious caffeine abuse. It’ll have to do for now. We…
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And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. Luke 2:52 The angels ascended. The shepherds made their goodbyes. The sun came up the next day. And the next. And now, Jesus went about the business of being…a baby. There would be glimmers in his childhood, prophecies from Simeon and Anna, visits from Magi, a…
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~Last Dandelion Standing~ ~image by 1 of 8~ ~but by last update, that lone dandelion is now under a foot of snow~ ~Oklahoma Blizzards~ ~gotta love ’em~ Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:44:00 +0000julielylescarr

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.” Matthew 1:22&23 It’s this prophetic name of that Nazarene carpenter that demands we leave the safety of neutrality and step into a field…
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And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for…
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