BONUS: Love: God’s Gift to Us
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6 ESV)
It’s easy to get caught up in the to-dos and materialism of Christmas. There are so many activities and so many gifts to purchase. And while giving and receiving gifts is exciting, the greatest gift we can ever receive came as a tiny newborn baby in a lowly manger all those years ago. It’s up to us to receive this gift! So we can always be praying that our kids will accept God’s gift, believe in him, and love him all the days of their lives.
The book of Luke tells us that when Jesus was born, shepherds worshiped and spread the word, angels sang, and Mary treasured all those moments up in her heart and pondered them (Luke 2:19). As we approach Christmas day, let’s focus our attention on those same acts. As a family let’s worship the Lord, spread his good news, sing songs of adoration and celebration, and let’s store up the memories and meaning in our hearts so that we can remember God’s great gift to us all year long.
This week, let’s pray that our kids grow to know and love the true meaning of Christmas and that they would focus less on consumerism and sparkle, and more on the good news of Jesus.
Father God, thank you for sending us the greatest gift when you sent your Son to be born. May we all focus on you this season, not on the stress, pressure, or things. May _____________ remember that Christmas should be fun, but the most important part about it is you. Amen.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | If you all didn't see this on Instagram the day, the other day, you're going to love this. |
| 0:19.1 | By the way, my name is Courtney Defeo. Welcome to Pardon |
| 0:21.8 | the Mess. Together on Mondays during the school year, we simply pray together. And so we're |
| 0:26.6 | going to keep this one short and sweet because it happens to be Christmas in two days. So I highly |
| 0:31.4 | doubt that you're wanting a 10, 20, 30, 40 minute podcast when we got things to do. So one funny story, one Christmas idea, |
| 0:39.8 | and then I'm going to pray for our kids for this week. So the other day, I was leaving |
| 0:46.3 | somewhere and I really can't see. I've got contacts, but I forget to put them in. So I didn't |
| 0:50.4 | have my readers. And I saw like a little brown spot kind of on my forehead. And I thought it |
| 0:56.4 | was like the gray root touch up. Do you have that wild stuff that you like put the powder in and then |
| 1:00.9 | you put it kind of like either where you're balding on the side because of hormones or maybe there's |
| 1:05.8 | a little gray peeking through. So I'd done that. And I thought I got some on my forehead. So I like scrub it. I get like a, |
| 1:12.5 | you know, a cotton round and put some miscellar water or some eye maker removal on there. And I start |
| 1:17.4 | scrubbing it. And it won't come off. And I like scrub harder. And all of a sudden, I've like |
| 1:21.5 | removed skin. I'm like, what is wrong with me? So then I get in the car. I'm tickled by the situation. I have to put some |
| 1:28.4 | Neosporin on my red head. And I post about it because I'm like, that is hilarious. Then fast |
| 1:33.7 | forward, I go get Larson for the orthodontas. She gets in the car. I'm telling her how funny I think I |
| 1:38.0 | am. And she's looking at me like, why are you so weird? And then I start dying laughing because I'm like, wait, wait, I totally |
| 1:46.3 | forgot. Like I literally thought I removed skin like a brown spot maybe it was. And I just |
| 1:52.4 | literally removed skin versus the like what I thought was the gray root touch up. But what it was, |
| 1:58.8 | guys, is the day before I burnt my head with a curling iron, |
| 2:03.1 | as if I'm like new to curling my hair. And it left a mark. And I totally forgot I burned |
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