January's family devotion

This month's family craft and devotion is up. Just click on the link on the right hand column. The devotion is titled "We are wonderfully made." It focuses on three scripture verses which illustrate how God has purposefully crafted each person in his image and to be a unique person. The craft is to make personalized snowflakes. Here is the picture of our family's snowflakes.

Last Friday night we sat down before dinner and had a great time creating our snowflakes and going through the readings. One of the most surprising things was that my husband Pete is apparently an expert paper snowflake maker. Who knew! His is the blue one. Mine is yellow - and yes, I actually tried!

Looking back on Friday night, I am amazed that we actually did it. I asked Pete to be done with work by 5:30, I had the materials ready to go, but at about 5:15 the kids went NUTS. Sarah ended up in her room in time out. Emily had a huge fit and was crying in the family room. Pete took one look around and asked, "I thought we were having family time?" (Can I hear a collective groan from all the mommies out there?) But we pulled the girls together, sorted out their fight and settled them down. We ended up having one of the nicest evenings we have had in a long time. The girls really got into making the snowflakes. I am so glad we stuck with our plan and didn't just give up, put in a movie and call for a pizza.

As you can see in the photo, our snowflakes and key verse are hanging on the door out to our garage. It is great to walk by as we start our day and head out into the world. I hope this devotion and craft will be a blessing to your family. I would love to hear about your experiences or better yet - see a photo of your snowflakes!