We can all take time out of our hot summer months to have a "Christmas in July" celebration. Sandy shares about this favorite family tradition. "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and give birth to a son and will call Him Emmanuel." (Isaiah 7:14) "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'The virgin will be with child and they will give birth to a Son, and they will call Him Immanuel which means "God with us."'" (Matthew 1:22-23) When the hazy, hot, humid, summer heat of the mid-west becomes overwhelming, (usually late July), I become house bound. It turns out that I cannot take the extreme heat and humidity of summer any more than I can manage the wet, … [Read more...]