9 days til Christmas!
This morning, after a wonderful night with the girls, we went to Summit Church in Durham which is where we normally go to church when we're at school. The sermon was about the 3 Wise Men and J.D., the pastor, reminded us that historically, the Magi came after the birth of Jesus because they started traveling when the saw the star. He joked that the Nativity scenes shouldn't have them, that they should actually be placed across the room from the scenes and we should pull them back out of storage in June because that would be about the time that they actually arrive to see Jesus. He also made an interesting parallel that I had never thought about: he said that in the story of Jesus' birth, the gospel Matthew talks about how pagans (not believers) from many nations came to see the Messiah. Then Matthew ends with the Great Commission, telling us to go out into every nation and spread the Gospel. I thought it was really neat how it came full circle. He also talked about many of the other misconceptions of the Christmas story and highlighted some of the parts that we don't necessarily pay attention to. I would highly recommend that you listen to his sermon from today because it was amazing! The link to the series is here. The one from today isn't up yet but should be pretty soon!
After church we went to McAllisters, introduced Stacey to Snapchat, then headed to the Dean Dome for Kristen's graduation! I can't believe she graduated already! It seems just like yesterday that I had met them in our Freshman year Bible Study . . . and here we are. All of us will graduate in May, which is crazy! Preparing ourselves for the real world. YIKES. Personally, I know I've become really frustrated with applying for jobs, continually improving and re-working by resume and cover letter. But its nice to look back and remember how much fun I've had at UNC, how much I've learned, all of my friendships and memories. I'm just so blessed to have the opportunity to be at UNC-CH, earning my degree and working to figure out where my future may be!
Favorite Things:
If you know me well, you probably knew this was coming . . . but one of my favorite things in this world is kittens. Particularly my cat, Maryanne. She's sleeping beside me right now and has slept in my bed with me since I've come back from school. People think its weird that I sometimes have her picture as my phone background...I'm that weird cat lady. Here's my most recent picture of her...she loves Christmas!
Today's recipe is for Buckeyes, or as I call them, Reese Balls! We're making these tomorrow for some of the neighbors so I'll have a picture of them soon!
Christmas Crafts:
"But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without
hypocrisy." -James 3:17
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