{"id":23468,"date":"2014-12-19T00:15:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T05:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23468"},"modified":"2014-12-18T23:13:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T04:13:40","slug":"23468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/19\/23468\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">As fall rides off in the sunset<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> I sweep the snow from my doorstep<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> I just can&#8217;t help but stop and grin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> It&#8217;s like I&#8217;m ten years old again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And everywhere I go I can feel it<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Some say it moves like a spirit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">It falls on us once a year<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Like it came on a midnight clear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> It&#8217;s all love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> The season is a gift<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> When love came down to let us live<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Let&#8217;s open up and let our hearts embrace this moment<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em>For Christmas this year<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>Gonna make a sound<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>Gonna make it loud<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>For Christmas this year<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>We&#8217;re gonna make some noise<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>Let the world rejoice<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>For Christmas this year<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>For Christmas<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> <em>For Christmas this year<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">The laughter starts before the sunrise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> I sneak downstairs to sparklin&#8217; lights<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And oh what joy it brings to me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Our family around our Christmas tree<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And I thank the Lord for His favor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> As we sing the songs of the Savior<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Our Savior<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Holy&#8230;Holy&#8230; Holy,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">God is coming near<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Unto us a Savior born<\/span>\u00a0o<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">n a midnight clear<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jouVQsRS4SI?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Toby McKeehan, Cary Barlowe, Jesse Frasure (and Leigh Nash)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">&#8216;The season is a gift when love came down to let us live&#8217;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Really ponder and think about that sentence! \u00a0It is so POWERFUL!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am the living bread which came down out of heaven&#8230;<br \/>\nJohn 6:51 ASV<\/p>\n<p>Love came down from Heaven in the form of a little Baby so that we may live. \u00a0There are no words when you truly think about what Jesus went through to give us life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.<br \/>\nJohn 10:10<\/p>\n<p>Let us all sing and rejoice with grateful, thankful hearts for the BEST gift of all\u2014the gift of eternal life!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And this is the testimony:<br \/>\nGod has given us eternal life,<br \/>\nand this life is in His Son.<br \/>\n1 John 5:11<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of Your Son. \u00a0A Savior born unto us on a midnight clear. \u00a0May we never take for granted the gift given to us\u2026. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name. 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