Merry Christmas from Roses in the Rubble!!!
May petals of fragrant joy that stem from the Heart of Jesus give you grace to face the thorns in your life today & each day of the New Year. Remember Christ was born & later adorned with a crown of thorns – for us. Thorns are part & parcel of life as a rose (but roses go on smelling nice…)
And, they’re BEAUTIFUL! Just like each & every one of us is in God’s sight.
A blessed ROSE-FILLED Christmas to all!!!
grace, peace & Christmas roses
Virginia : )
Roses in the Rubble 
Take a well-deserved break after your Advent challenge. Well done. Love to all the Woodwards and best wishes for a happy new year!
John – thanks SO VERY MUCH for your wonderful encouragement throughout Advent. Can’t believe the Advent challenge was met (sometimes with ’10 minute specials’), but God is good (all the time) & i must confess to some fun putting the Freddie the Frog post together (Mama was a willing model : )
May you & Marion have a New Year blessed with extra doses of God’s grace, peace, love, joy, wisdom… & special Handel-Messiah-ish (chocolate icecream) treats!! (As Mama always says @ chocolate -“we must keep up our strength.”)
grace, peace & New Year strength-builders
Virginia : )