celebrate...

It is so  refreshing...

When we open ourselves up to celebration...

The sips and slurps...

Add joy to the small in all of us...

Especially when we are drinking deep...

Of "the real thing."

Enjoying the satisfying love...

Of Jesus!

Keeping our hearts connected to His Vine.

Not letting busyness...

Steal our focus.

We forget-not the letters given just days ago...

So we might line up word truths...

In the games of life.

In 2012...
The word that has marked us most...
My favorite 4 letter word...

H.O.P.E.
It sums up The Baby in a manger...
And our Brother-King on a tree.
All so we might...
Enjoy...
Life to full...
As we live together...
Play together...
And...
CELEBRATE!

Thankful for the new...
Letters...
Words...
Refreshment...
Learning...
And celebration that awaits us all.