Baby Lily having a sleep after the dedication ceremony.
Today, many extended family members and friends joined the congregation at church to witness the dedication ceremony for my youngest granddaughter, Lily. It was a beautiful service with her two older sisters singing a duet and an object lesson from a lily plant. My daughter and her husband promised to raise Lily for the Lord, protect her and keep her from harm, while the congregation pledged to pray for the family.
I recently discovered a free app to list all my books, music, movies, recipes, and anything else I might want to catalogue. So, the other night, I completed listing all the 120 books I have in one of my bookcases. This included 18 books on various Bible characters, 11 Bible studies, 5 biographies, 15 on Christ’s life and teaching, 29 on spiritual growth, 6 on prayer, etc. Continue reading
One of the traditions I grew up with was White Gift Sunday. The children in our Sunday School were asked to bring a child’s gift wrapped in white on the first Sunday in December.
Each year, Mom would help my sisters and me each wrap a new toy, game or puzzle with white tissue paper, and it was labelled as to the age of the child it would be suitable for and whether it was better for a boy or a girl.
A couple of years ago, I researched my paternal grandmother’s family. I could hardly believe all the things I found out and was able to put together into a digital scrapbook for my children. I called the book “Little Did I Know…” and the opening page went something like this:
“Sitting in history class was a bore! Somewhere in the back of my mind, I recalled my teacher talking about the Battle of Hastings, and for some odd reason, I always remembered the year 1066 but couldn’t remember much else about it. Little did I know the connection it had not only with Europeans but also with my own family!