“Lord as I stand at the kitchen sink mixing batter for Christmas cookies the spicy pine permeates our house. Already everyone is rushing in our town! I remember that it started years ago when the startled shepherds came with haste to find the newborn Baby. Dear God as I bake enormous batches of cookies this beautiful Christmas season I pray for sufficient strength to go with haste to the frightened and lonely to the worn and weary to those without courage and hope. Lord, may each batch of cookies be mixed with love- not just mine, but Yours! Right now, dear God with flour smudging my face and dough clinging to my fingers I praise you with all my heart for loving us enough to give the very best- the gift of Your only begotten son.”

~  The One Year book of Bible Promises, December 2o