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Mary is the co-author of The Grandparent Connection: 365 Ways to Connect With Your Grandchild's Heart.
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Friday, December 24, 2010

The Gift of Christmas


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My friend Karen Jordan shared some of her family's wonderful Christmas traditions in her blog BLESSED. She asked, "When your children ask you, 'What does (Christmas) mean to you?’' What do you tell them? Or rather, how do you 'show' them?"

On Christmas Day, Pops and I are reminded of how Almighty God showed His incomprehensible love. He sent His Son to meet our greatest need.

"If our greatest need had been information," Max Lucado says, "God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior."

As we give gifts to loved ones this Christmas, may we remember the greatest Gift of all!

You may want to watch the video below with your grandchildren and talk about what it would be like if Jesus were born in today's age. (I think that you'll enjoy it too!)





Merry Christmas,
Mary
Mary May Larmoyeux
The Grand Connection: 365 Ways to Connect with Your Grandchild's Heart

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

When will Christmas be over?


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Tuesday's Grand Connection Thought

by Mary May Larmoyeux

Last week I found myself thinking, When will Christmas be over? As soon as those words danced through my mind I was sorry for them.

What is Christmas any way? It's not presents, and Santa's, and rushing through the mall. It's a baby ... the God-man ... Jesus Christ who came to rescue us from our sin.

More than 2000 years ago Jesus offered a hurting world eternal hope. His offer is still valid today.

Christmas is a great time for us, as grandparents, to talk with our grandchildren about Jesus Christ. He was no ordinary baby. Isaiah 9:6 calls him "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

How could anyone ever want Christmas to be over?

Merry Christmas
Mary

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