Another Selection from The Messiah

Every Valley

taken from Isaiah 40 :4 put to music by George Frederic Handel
from Handel's Messiah

Every valley shall be exalted,

And every mountain and hill made low,

The crooked straight,

And the rough places plain.

My Corner at Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at My Corner...

My tree with yo-yo ornaments.


Both of these decorations are new. The mini gingerbread houses were found at Target on way sale after Christmas. You just can't beat 20¢ for each one of these adorable things. I snatched up every single one they had left. The trees: 2 dollars and something at Marshalls.



Another new decoration is my Pohnpeian angel given to me by my friend Jo who was fortunate enough to be able to take a trip to the Micronesian island this summer. Thanks Jo!

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I am on tour with The Nester!

For Unto Us a Child is Born

For Unto Us a Child is Born

taken from Isaiah 9:6 put to music by George Frederic Handel

from Handel's Messiah

For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given,
Unto us a Son is given,
And the government shall be upon His shoulder;
And the government shall be upon His shoulder;
And his name shall be called
Wonderful,Counsellor, the Mighty God,
The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

Look Who Turned EIGHT This Week

Wow! Gavin is getting to be such a big boy!

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

Till ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

And in despair I bowed my head
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.”

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“Suddenly there was with the angel a great company of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:13-14

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
words by Charles Wesley

Come, Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

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‘The Desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty.

~ Haggai 2:7

The Solid Rock

The Solid Rock
words by Edward Mote

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

Refrain
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

picture taken by me

“The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” Matthew 7:25-26