The Treadway's

Happy Birthday Jesus!
And a Merry Christmas to All!
We awoke to a white Christmas as well, an inch or two! Yeah! I'm glad you'uns snow is "up on Backus" and "across the pond." It's pretty to look at. . . so keep sending the pictures! Rita has your red-headed wood pecker been back? He was beautiful against the snow.
A Christmas memory that stands out in my mind is the one where daddy was out of work. I was 6,7,or 8 maybe (early 60's). I think we did have a tree, pushed over by the door; a little scraggly one. In my mind it is not even decorated. We went to bed knowing that there were no presents. Momma must have been brutally honest with us. Probably to lessen the disappointment. Anyway in the dead of night, Shelton and Gloria came from Ohio and brought PRESENTS for everyone. I remember a baby doll and a glass tea set. It was TOTAL surprise for everyone! He knew Daddy was out of work and it was Christmas and Daddy had all those kids! God has been gooood to us many times over hasn't He! Over the years I've tried to make Christmas about Jesus and not so much presents. But anyway you slice it, Jesus was God's gift to me and I am thankful again today! Momma gave us enough knowledge about Jesus to seek and find Him for ourselves. She was the first to tell us of Jesus and I would say as to all of her gifts she gave, this was her greatest gift to us!
Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 Amplified) Momma did and she is! Praise the Lord!
I pray His grace hover over your homes today and that you give Him that special place in your heart. Love you'll