Celebrating Lovingkindness

I was a little worried I wouldn’t get them in time, but Miranda at Miranda Girl Designs says she’ll have the little crocheted poinsettias before our Holiday Open House this weekend.

No surprise, her adorable little flowers drew a huge demand over the holidays, forcing her to temporarily close her Etsy shop to catch up on large orders (like mine).

I’m hoping to use them as decorations and to give away as party favors and to friends and family for Christmas.

They’re part of our theme this year. The iFarmer’s family picks a theme each year for Christmas. Some folks in the family go all out…everything from the decorations to the Christmas church clothes tie in the theme. Most folks also pick a bible verse that either precipitates or accompanies the theme.

We haven’t always picked a verse, but this year, along with our poinsettias, we homed in on A Psalm of David, No. 103, about God’s mercy. In our house, we think and talk a lot about mercy this time of year, especially when in the midst of celebrating Christ’s birth we see so much hatred and bigotry.

But I digress, here’s an excerpt:

…As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.

But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting…

I’ll post more on the party and menu later.