Congratulations

Brian told this story in one of his sermons and I loved it so much I want to share it with you.  It was Christmastime and the time came to do the annual Christmas play.  The teacher decided to let the kids write and direct the whole thing.  The night finally came for the performance.  Parents filled all the seats.  

All the usual characters were there.  Angels, shepherds, wise men...etc.  From behind the big bale of hay you hear Mary delivering the baby.  (I can only imagine what kids think that sounds like!)  A new character walks out from behind the hay.  It is a doctor.  He walks over to an anxiously awaiting Joseph and says "Congratulations!  It's a....God!"

He came as a baby but He was so much more than that.  I loved how the kids expressed that idea.  I also think "congratulations" is a great description as well.  You were lost, but congratulations, you have been found.  You were sentenced to death, but congratulations, you have been saved!  Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost.  Congratulations, He has come for you!  A merry Christmas indeed!!

On the material side of today, I received a really cool gift from my husband, my father, and my in-laws.  I now have a macro lens for my camera.  I have been having fun trying to figure out how to use it.  It is certainly different from my normal lens.  Very cool though.  Here is a sampling of what I have been doing today.