Imagine A King

December 14, 2020 Gracie

Who Would Imagine A King – Matt Bloyd’s Heavenly Version

Christmas Time is here

Have you watched any good Christmas movies yet?

I don’t know about you, but there are some older ones that I look forward to every year.

One of those is, “The Preacher’s Wife,” starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington.

I love that movie and especially one of the feature songs, “Who Would Imagine A King”.

The first time I heard it, I was awestruck at how beautiful it is, even to this day.

You can’t top Whitney’s vocals in the movie, but I did find another version of this lovely song that I couldn’t wait to share with you.

This duet by Matt Bloyd and Shoshana Bean is nothing short of magical.

Okay, I know it’s from 2017, but I just found it. 🙂

This is what I love to do when I hear this song – close my eyes, turn up the volume, and imagine myself humbly witnessing that blessed moment – right after Jesus was born.

Hope you enjoy.

There go the happy tears of joy again!

Imagine A King – Our King, Lord of Lords!

All glory to the King of Kings

In Luke Chapter 2, the gospel writer gives us a glimpse at the amazing scene.

¹⁹But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart. ²⁰The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them. – Luke 2:19-20. (NASB).

Many people read those words without giving them a second thought.

But, if you really think about it, when something spectacular and joyful happens in your life, don’t you love to replay it in your mind, over and over again?

I’m talking about those special life-changing moments that you will treasure forever in your heart.

Mary and Joseph saw the hand of God working through the miraculous birth of our Messiah.

Everything they saw, and everything they were told was proven true.

We have reason to celebrate.

The newborn Christ of Christmas grew up to save us from our sins.

Someday, we will meet Him!

Now that’s a blessed truth to ponder.

All the glory to our King of Kings!

Isaiah 25:1

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Our Exceptional God

Star Light Star Bright

December 13, 2016 Gracie

Christmas Is Almost Here!

Can you feel the excitement?

The music, the holiday specials on TV, the Christmas presentations at local churches – it’s what I look forward to every year.

I’m not the most creative person in the world, but I did come up with an idea that has become a little tradition at our house and I wanted to share it with you.

If you ask my husband, he will claim it was his idea.

Like he does about all the great ideas at our house 😉

So, how did this idea come about?

Star Light, Star Bright

In the second chapter of Matthew, the Bible describes the Magi following the brilliant star that led them to the birthplace of Jesus.

Think about that star that lit up the sky and how overjoyed the Magi felt to come and worship our newborn king.

I wanted to somehow capture the joy and wonder of Christ’s birth, so an idea came to me about using flameless candles.

I love flameless candles!

We have several on hand in case the power goes out or, for an even better reason, those times when we want to have a candlelight dinner.

There are three manger scenes of varying sizes in our home, including one large one given to us by my husband’s parents. We really treasure it.

I took flameless candles and backlit each manger scene with them.

Here’s the cool thing.

When you turn off the lights in the room, you see the manger with just the flickering candle behind it.

It serves as a reminder to us of that blessed night when our Savior was born.

Feel free to use this idea at your home if you want.

I won’t even be mad if you steal the idea 😉

The Joy of Christmas

Another part of the joy of Christmas is children.

The wonder and exuberance they feel when they experience the real reason for the season is heartwarming.

Here’s the beautiful song, “Who Would Imagine A King,” sung by a remarkably talented young vocalist.

May your Christmas be merry and bright!

God bless

Our Exceptional God