HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY

1. Do you put Christmas decorations in every room of your house? If not every room, what rooms do you decorate?  I decorate just the main rooms of our home...kitchen, living room, family room and dining room.  The outside is always thoroughly decorated too...OH! and the front porch and door.  : )

2. If you could visit one of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) which one would you choose and why? Well, I guess if I was being REALLY honest, I wouldn't visit any of them.  I am not much of a traveler,  I don't "do" airplanes or boats (So  HOW would I get there?) And there are still sooo many places here in America I want to see.  But if I didn't have these obstacles in my way I think I would choose Sweden...I am imagining it is just breathtakingly beautiful.  

3. What does the word faith mean to you?  WOW...this question could take a while... ; )  There are soo many verses in the Bible that speak of faith.   When I hear the word faith though, my mind goes immediately to 

Hebrews 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen

Hebrews 11:6  But without faith t is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Romans 5:1  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

My faith in Jesus Christ is the single most important thing in my life, for it is my salvation from what I deserve, and my hope for what lies ahead.  It is what fills my heart with peace, and the essence of what Christianity if all about.  

4. You can go back to your childhood for one day...what day and age would you choose?  Uummm, I think it would be any one of our MANY trips to our cabin we had in the mountains.  How many trips we made up there could never be counted.  But they were all times of simple relaxation and great family time.  No TV, no one (usually anyway) but us.  We played games and cards, took hikes, fished in the summer time and played in the snow in the wintertime.  My dad was always soo relaxed up there he was a very different man really.  I often wished all of life could have been lived that way.  We had the cabin from the time I was around 9 or 10 until I was about 16.  Many WONDERFUL memories were made up there.

5. When did you last have 'punch'? If it's not too much trouble share your favorite punch recipe.  I think it must have been at Melody's baby shower.  Seems as though much of the punch I have ever drank has been at one shower or another, lol....My family has always used this simple SIMPLE recipe.  Take a half gallon of lime sherbet and pour two bottles of 7-up over it.  Soooo yummy.

6. Do you fill stockings at your house? Are stockings opened before or after the bigger gifts?  I did when my kids were living at home.  I never got into it the way I wanted to though.  I was always going to get lots of little things etc., but most of the time I filled them with their favorite candies and gum, and chap sticks and little cars...things like that.  They were opened after everything else was at the end of present time.  I have never filled stockings for my grandkids.  And now there are sooo many of them, it is really out, haha,  

7. What takes your breath away?  Oh there are MANY so I will just list a few....majestic mountains covered in snow....A lake, smooth and glistening in the sun....giant waves crashing on the shore at the beach...the birth of a baby....the first kiss between a man and a wife....a smile offered to you from a baby....there are many more, but you get the idea.  

8. Insert your own random thought here.  I woke up this morning just full of gratitude for sooo many things in my life.  I am just feeling so blessed.  Hope you all have a wonderful day!

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