Merry Christmas, From my Team to You!

Kristy Floyd, Blog Coordinator 

Every year, we continue a tradition my mother started for me: We buy ornaments that represent each of us for the year. In recent years I have found that this simple practice isn’t so much about each new ornament on the tree. Rather, the many ornaments collected over time reflect the growth, battles, promises kept, and the true goodness of God.  

 In our home we call the ornaments our Ebenezer stones, which refers to 1 Samuel 7:12 in the Old Testament:  

 “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far the Lord has helped us.’ “ 

 Thus far the Lord has helped us. We see it in our tree. We see it in our family. And my hope is that you, our readers, will see how God has helped you, too.