the greatest gift, day 2

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Yesterday, I forgot to go over the reflections of the days reading with you.  Can you believe I am sick! My children seem to think it's funny because I never, ever get sick.  I'm always caring for them, but now they are having to care for me.

Anyway, moving on to day 2 of the greatest gift:

Today's reading comes from Genesis 1:1-5, 26-27

Ask yourself:

"What could you create today with a gentle heart of love {a letter, a treat, a surprise}?"  Then . . .

Create something out of your love.

A moment of reflection:

1.  What causes you to pause in wonder?

2.  What does it mean to you that you were made out of the overflow of God's love?

3.  Think of three people who are not easy to love.  What would it look like to love those people with God's love?

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I would love to know what you all created or even better see pictures of it.  Do me a favor please.  If you are participating in reading the book or following along on the blog because you don't have the book, will you please get an Instagram account to share what your doing in pictures.

If you don't have an Instagram account and don't want to get one, will you please go to the Facebook page and load your pictures onto the blogs page and write your story for us to read and share with others like that?

If you do have a blog will you consider linking your post up to our linky so that we can go around and visit each other's blogs.?

xo, Angela

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