25 Christmas Advent Days

Day 5| 3 Feminine Suggestions

12/5/2022

I think we will open the Grace drawer today!
If anybody needs a bath in it, is me!

I just got of the phone with one a my BFF! I called her to discuss canceling some arrangements I had. I felt overwhelmed, unprepared, exhausted from dealing with a multitude of legit distractions. In a season where I bank on my experience & organization to keep me ahead of the holiday pack and on track for a holly jolly, lets bake a hoard of Christmas Cookies.
Trying you might ask? Yes, my patience!

I said to her nano seconds after her hello:
1. You have my permission to cut me some mercy and hear me whine or
2. tell me to pull up my big girl pants and deal with it!

Which advice do you think she lent me?
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#2 (big girl pants) iced with heartfelt encouragement to remind me of the years of sacrifice I have put forth to learn, live and share All things from a heavenly perspective. Breathe!

Nothing like a BFF who has walked with you, talked with you, seen your ups, held you in your downs, told you you were nuts, but keep on going anyway. If anybody can do this, Kristen you can!

I think my husband put a wife for rent sign out on the lawn! Can cook, won't cook, tied to computer, heavenly minded and then some. Next to me and that sign would be my beloved King Charles Spaniel, Dash who has been a medical distraction since October. Everybody say, aah! She currently is wearing a pink muzzle to keep her from chewing a wound/bite/bacterial something. Two vet visits ago! Its a good thing it wasn't parasites because she has been sleeping under the covers! Ooh!

So if you see a "mature" women wearing red with white polka dot, big girl pants on, and a darling tri color pup, with a hot pink muzzle on, bewildered next to a for rent sign, here in Oregon, its us!

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Now what about that wintry quote: "Snow and pine resin we inhale deeply to fill the soul?
Shall we open that 5th Advent Day drawer, knowing the content is filled with Grace. Yes, knowing!

Ladies: I'm talking to a hand full of you today, I hear you saying a loud amen with a southern accent and others say keep it comin, I need to hear it too!

In 3 short Feminine suggestions if possible?

Your BFF is your Backup Female Forecaster: give her her honor due and call, visit or camp on her couch to immerse yourself in the gift of girlfriend greatness she is. She will help you get there and lay with you on the carpet of humility when needed.
Ask for help even if it's ugly! Yup even if ugliness has creeped out, high pitched the tone of voice and made the dog quiver! Those who love you have already forgiven you, your-off-pudding-self! Help!
And now to the Knowing, that Grace was in the Day 5 Advent drawer. That is who God is! He authored All of you, and will finish our transformation, with as many drawers of Grace that need to be opened. Get familiar with the personal and the Person! Heavenly Papa's know the perfect time to discuss our "Less Than Moments." and today is not one of them.

Today we are going to bake a cake with Grace flour! And ice it, in Wintry White frosting, sprinkled with stars and snowflakes. We'll house its baked perfection in a clear crystal covered cake plate and set it on a perfectly appointed table as our communion. Let's cut and divide it's goodness and taste of its sweet. And the brilliant thing about Grace, is tomorrow there will be another piece! Somebody bring the coffee!

"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin— in hale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night." —John J. Geddes

I'll light the fire and candles on the mantle, watch the lights twinkle and peak between the branches on my flocked Christmas tree. We'll sit for hours to our fill, sharing abundance from our bake. Fresh from heavens bounty, a Wintry BFF Grace cake!
Happy Christmas.