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21 December 2017

I don’t know about you, but I still do not have all my Christmas shopping completed.  I realized I haven’t even slowed down long enough to finalize my gifting thoughts.  There are groceries that need to be bought, laundry to be done and other normal household items.  We still need to find our stockings, because they are packed somewhere…. I think I know where they are.  There are parties to attend and maybe even parties to host.  It’s a time a of year, where you can easily get wrapped up in a task oriented frame of mind.  When everything can seem overwhelming and sometime unsurmountable.

 When times are crazy, the Lord always seems to put on my heart Psalm 46:10, “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”  It is easy to forget, that the harder we try, the harder it is to complete a task.  We have the perfect model in Christ as to how we should react.  We can read stories of how Jesus went into the wilderness and fasted, remained calm in the storm, raised Jarius daughter from the dead, prayed in the garden of Gethsemane and many more.  Jesus did not live a life of ease.  He lived a life knowing what he was sent to earth to do.  He never put his trust in His disciples but always in our Father.  He never took his eyes off His Father.  During advent season, don’t forget to “Be still, and know that I am God.”  He is the only person who can provide true peace and calm.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!   

 Scrip

Scrip is a lot more than just gift cards.  There are some businesses that allow you to reload the Scrip cards you currently have, and you can even order digital scrip.  I recently was at Target, I logged into myscripwallet.com using my family’s scrip information and placed an order for a rounded amount needed, submitted the request, and it was available for scanning at checkout.  It was that easy.  Remember scrip is easy money for MLA and the more you use Scrip the more the school benefits financially.  E-Scrip and ScripReload, at times, will provide a higher rebate on the cards, and there is no charge for shipping because it is all digital!