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Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God’s love commits me here,
Ever this day, be at my side,
To light and guard, Rule and guide. Amen.
— Guardian Angel Prayer
Today’s Angel project is a handprint angel to make with the kids from Crafty Morning. http://www.craftymorning.com/diy-angel-handprint-craft-for-kids/
” Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you.”
~Quoted in The Angels’ Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Today’s angel project is a Guardian Angel Survival Kit from Craft Bits. http://craftbits.com/project/survival-kit-guardian-angel/
Assemble the items with the kit and add the printed list of the meaning of each item to brighten someone’s day.
If you like you can make a small bag or envelope such as this to hold the items::
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.” ~Thomas Carlyle
Todays angel project is a simple little feather angel from Sycamore Stirrings. http://sycamorestirrings.blogspot.com/2010/12/feathery-angel-ornaments.html I think the kids should be able to do this project.
A number of years ago at the beginning of the Christmas shopping season a terrible tragedy occurred in the city where we lived. An armed young man in a crowded shopping mall killed and injured others before taking his own life. Local news coverage seemed to be non-stop. The entire city was in mourning at a time which would normally be joyful. Holiday events were cancelled, but some went on in an attempt to keep going on with life.
I have a soft heart and knew from experience if I allowed it I could follow the deep emotions right into a deep dark pit of depression. Some time ago I determined that would not happen again.
To distract me from the non-stop news coverage and help me focus on God’s love and provision I began making one angel art or craft project a day. I continued this for several years beginning at Thanksgiving and continuing until Christmas. In recent years I stopped doing this, but in light of current events I think it’s time to bring back the daily angel. I already had my blog posts scheduled for November and December, but Spirit started nudging me to do this instead. I have learned when Spirit nudges, I move.
This year I am starting on the first Sunday of Advent with this introduction. Beginning tomorrow and continuing through Christmas Eve I will post The Daily Angel with a daily quote, scripture, video or reflection. I will also include a link to an angel craft project or a video demonstration of an angel project. There are no real rules for this, but I would like to encourage you not to use this as a time to make your holiday gifts or items to sell at craft fairs because the urgency of completing these projects brings a different energy to the process. Some of these projects are more involved than others. Feel free to extend a project over several days if needed. Our purpose is to focus on God’s love and provision which we are reminded of through His angel messengers. We don’t want anyone to feel rushed or stressed over this.
So during this time of darkness for so many, breathe. Relax into God’s love. Focus on His angels as messengers sent to teach, guide, protect, remind us of God’s, love and grace and warn us when necessary. Then join me on December 25th for an uplifting musical video presentation with an important message for our times. Blessings during this holiday season.
Genies Note: I have moved this post up a bit to allow for something special in December. I hope you have enjoyed the Reason to Celebrate series this year. Don’t forget every day is a reason to celebrate!
There are always reasons to celebrate life if you just look around you.
During November there are obvious holidays we all know about on my calendar including, Pearl Harbor Day (US) (7), Chanukah (7), Winter Equinox (21), Christmas (25) and Boxing Day (26). Kwanzaa (26) and New Year’s Eve (31).
But did you know that December is:
Some of the more unique and fun ways to celebrate December include:
4 Santas’ List Day Have you been naughty or nice?
8 National Brownie Day Who doesn’t love a good brownie?
13 Violin Day If you play, get out your violin and play something nice. If you don’t, enjoy a recording or go to a violin recital or an orchestra concert.
20 Go Caroling Day Get a group together and go out caroling.
27 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day A nice way to spend an afternoon. Get the entire family involved.
This collection of holidays was put together with help from http://holidayinsights.com
As some of you may know, I have been looking at various ways to make my artwork available for sale online. Well, I’ve finally actually done something about it.
Espirational Creations is now open, just in time for the holidays. You will want to keep checking back as we are still adding items to the store. Now until January 1st, buy any two items and receive free shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/handmade/Espirational-Creations
The National Day of Listening is a wonderful Black Friday alternative I mention here every year. This year we have a video from Story Corp outlining how to interview friends and family and record their stories. Don’t wait till it’s too late and wish you had done this.
There’s so much to be thankful for.
Thought maybe you could use a break from Thanksgiving preparations. Watch this classic clip from the old TV show The West Wing and have a great day tomorrow.
“You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
Interested in reading more by Sarah Ban Breathnach? Click the link below from Espirational Books and Amazon.com
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
espirational.com