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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Birthday Jesus



In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
Luke 1: 26-33



And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Luke 2: 8-12








Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying.

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
Luke 2: 13-14



When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
Luke 2: 15



So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
Luke 2: 16



After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Hews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
Matthew 2: 1-2



After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
Matthew 2: 9



On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.



Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
Matthew 2: 11



PEACE ON EARTH



I love you my friends, Mollye

8 comments:

  1. All the blessings of Christmas to you and your loved ones.
    QMM

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  2. merry christmas, mizmollye! blessings to you and yours!

    hugs,
    terry lee

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  3. Thank you for sharing the story of baby Jeses! I hope you have a very Merry and joyful Christmas Mollye!

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  4. Such a beautiful story...Happy Birthday baby Jesus!

    Merry Christmas to you and yours Mollye!

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  5. Molley,
    This is a wonderful post, you have outdone yourself! Wishing you and yours a very merry and blessed Christmas!
    hugs!
    Gwen

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  6. Beautiful Blog ,, Its an awesome gift from God that you have!!! It's also wonderful that the blogging us artists do is soooo very inspiring, and through it God blesses us with new friendships too!!! Merry CHRISTmas and God's many Blessings to You this coming New Year too.
    Hugs Dena

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  7. Merry Christmas Morning MizMollye!!!!
    Just sneaking in to wish you the merriest of seasons and a very Happy New Year too!
    I hope Santa was good to you.
    I'll be looking forward to many more visits with you in 2010.
    I'm so glad our paths crossed my Louisiana friend!!!!
    everything vintage

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  8. Hi! I loved that you posted the entire story of Jesus' birth - it was wonderful. Really enjoyed all the images you included - especially the sheep and donkey's face close-up. What cuties....

    Cynthia K. (Beauty and Blessings)

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