no.233 131219 Thank you for the Chirstmas card sent to Mexico

Merry Christmas all the way from Canada!

I love making cards and writing cards, probably because I love receiving cards and letters from people. Every year, I try my best to come up with a pretty design and send it to friends and family. I guess the reason I started making Christmas cards this year was because of this. I wanted to send a Christmas card to Pastor Rolando whom I've met in Mexico in the summer when I went on my mission trip with my church. I got some photos developed to put in the card for Pastor Rolando and his family. I had a pretty long list to begin with, but it's getting revised everytime I re-make the list. It's just that it's taking a while to make them since it does require a lot of time and thought - I have to cut the paper, cut out the shape, cut the fabric, cut the ribbon and the twine and put everything together with a glue gun. I made about ten cards so far, and I think I'm going to stop here... I'll probably make a few more for my family and that would be it. If I had the time I would keep going because I would love to write a pretty little card to all of my close friends.

Nowadays, people don't send cards to eachother... and this makes me sad. Emails and facebook messages are nice, but there is something about the hand-written letter. When you receive a stamped card or a letter in your mail, there is that surprise aspect which moves your heart. I guess emails and instant messages can do that too, but definitely not as holding an actual card in front of you, and reading the personally hand-written card. I enjoy reading the person's writing, and sometimes the pictures they draw. I have a box full of cards and letters that I received from my friends for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I would take them out and read it again at my leisure. Some cards, you just read it over and over again until you can memorize the message. I just love, love, love receiving the cards. If you've received a hand-written card or a letter before, you'd know what I mean.

Aside from that, I want to share one verse from the Bible with you. I got this verse from the daily verse app today. It's been my prayer throughout the day. I hope that I can take delight in God every single moment, so that God can reveal His desires in my heart.

"Take delight in the Lord,

and He will give you the desires of your heart"

 

Psalm 37:4