Jackson's Nativity Scene
I was asked to send a single sock to Mother's Day Out with Jackson yesterday. I thought y'all might like to see the outcome of that special craft.
Also, thank you so much for your participation in the survey. We will be hard at work on those comments for the next week. We do not take your willingness to be honest and vulnerable lightly! God bless each one of you!
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posted by Amanda @ 9:52 AM
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104 Comments:
And now the slightly anal retentive me is thinking Jesus needs a twin. Because the creativity with JUST ONE sock would kill me.
It sure is cute though. Maybe I can do with Connor AND Natalie. Then we'd have a pair.
(By the way, my spam moderation word right now is "bumler." What an awesome word. "I spilled my coffee on the way to work, stepped in a puddle and forget my wallet. What a bumler!")
Y'all's craft project is adorable. Brings back memories of Lamb Chop and Shari Lewis. :D Have a great weekend!
Welcome to the wonderful world of our children's crafts! How adorable!
Oh my gosh! That's adorable! :)
Rats, I missed the survey. Sigh. Looking forward to seeing if anyone else agrees with my view. Good question btw. Personally, I think security or lack there of is a huge motivator for women.
Loved the baby Jesus. What a great idea. :o) Jackson did a very good job.
Thanks for sharing your little man's brilliance with us.
Big hug!
Anna in MO
Oh, that it so precious!!
So precious! Love it!
I know you don't take our comments lightly and I don't take your time and commitment to service lightly either.
I anxiously await a Word on this apparently significant burden for so many women.
"...dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case - things that accompany salvation. God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised." Heb. 6:9-12
That is precious!
That is just precious!
The Journey Continues ~
Ain't CHRISTMAS GREAT!!!
Dancing to Christmas music & Praising our KING from the central coast of California!!!!
With "Heaven Bound" Blessings,
Kim
http://www.kimsafinathejourneycontinues.blogspot.com
Thank YOU. For this moment, it was a great comfort to see (to me, and I'm sure many others) that we are not alone...and these are women that we can pray over. Thank you for this day of honesty and Truth.
Your family blesses me so much..
I love that there are places like Mother's day out (I have never heard of that in my neighborhood) but I love that our children are being taught and guided in the LORD.
Bless you all
What a great craft - we always have several "one" socks around here. Thanks for the idea.
I think we all could use a sock nativity scene.
Oh my gosh that is precious!
Thank you for sharing, Amanda!
Thanks for sharing. That is so sweet, and I know a treasure for you. Oh how I remember those sweet things my grown up babies use to bring me.
HOW PRECIOUS!
Awww...
Cutest baby Jesus ever!! We did that once and made a baby Moses in a basket!! Too, too cute!
Hugs,
Fran
How precious! You'll treasure this forever.
My kids are grown, but we still put their little ceramic nativity scenes they made in elementary school, out. It's funny becaue one of Jesus' hands fell off and I say "It's the hand of God."
This will be a very fun Christmas for Jackson!
How precious and creative! A keepsake you will have to remember this special time in his life, just learning about our wonderful Savior's birth. Thanks for sharing it with us.
How sweet! I love kids crafts. Now the ones I display belong to my grandkids.
Lynn
Too precious!!! :) Thanks for sharing!!!
If I give Jackson one of my socks, can he please make one for me? PLEASE? :)
Y'all, I just can't stop laughing about it. I think it's so funny!
Oh Amanda! I have the same sort of little Nativity from my oldest daughter! She made it when she was 3. Today she is 10 and we still pull it out. These are the most precious Nativity scenes to me!
Reminded of the innocence and childlike faith......
That is just adorable!
Thank you sooo much for taking the time to listen to our hearts in regard to insecurity. I was really encouraged to see what everyone had to say and to know I'm not alone.
Can't wait to see what comes of it!
Blessings....
Good job Jackson! I have never seen a manger scene done like that before. Very creative-maybe I can give this idea to my little ones at church. Carla
two words: VERY CUTE! :)
i think i just not got the blog thing going.. oh i am so slow i have read and read each blog entry and grown so much from them.. i am sorry i too missed the survey but WOW it was said for me over and over
amanda
that baby Jesus will be front and center of your Christmas dec. from years to come
love to you all
This is so precious! I have saved all the craft projects our kids have made over the years; I'm sure you and Curtis will enjoy this for years to come!
Hugs,
Adrienne
Beth, I just have to tell you - I simply adore how you have offered your life so that "[His] kingdom come and [His] will be done on earth as it in heaven." So I was just thinking to myself how cool it is that I could post something here and you would actually read it! But instantly the Lord spoke into my heart that it's the same with Him! My desire in this chapter of my life has been to know him at the most intimate level, and while I've always known that He hears my prayers, He has reminded me that He HEARS my prayers. He is my up close, personal, in my face, God. Whew! Hallelujah!
JM In Missouri
Jesus looks so darned happy to be laying in that cute little bed of straw.
This brought back lots of memories (my fave being a year one of my kids came home with a baby Jesus out of a peanut). I'm thinking the sock version looks more realistic...
Laughing and loving Baby Jesus,
Warm in Alaska
How sweet..precious...the best nativity by far. And mother's day out for you..awesome momma.
I want to ask for prayers for a special momma...with cancer. http://thecomfyplace.blogspot.com/
Jen. and as of yet, not believing in God. Her grace and love for her family, and her leaning toward questions of afterlife and God will touch you. I just thought, the power of prayers of the Siesta's...what would God do we we all prayed for her and loved on her? What could He do with that.
Whispering prayers through tears....
What a super cute idea! I don't think you will mind for using the idea...I think when we bake Jesus' Birthday Cake I will make these with my 3 and 4 yr. old boys...our daughter is only 4 mo. but her brothers can make one for her! (We have lots of socks with no match...great way to use them) I did not get my comment posted in time for the previous entry...I did read them though...and I can honestly say many of the entries echoes mine! I'm saddened yet somewhat relieved to know there are so many of us with the same struggles...no matter how alone Satan wants us to feel we are not! I will say I have had much freedom in these areas over the past 1 1/2 years after I fully came to know, yet not understand, how much God loves me...he is "quite taken with me", as he is all of us! Thanks you Beth for yielding to the spirit and addressing such issues!
Love to all!
I love it too. SO CUTE! But perhaps a tan or brown sock might be more accurate portrayal of Jesus' skin color. Ü
Ok, I'm prone to lumpy throats and teary eyes over lots of stuff...trust me. But this is just too much. I adore seeing children coming to see Jesus for themselves, not because of mom or dad, but because they love Him too. All those thoughts hit me, when I saw that sock Jesus.
I'm sitting here, crying over a sock!
Melana in Wyoming
Oh that is so sweet. I love it as I'm sure you do.
This is just too precious, I am going to make one for my grandsons. My son likes to to quote this to his son, "tube sock guy, tube sock guy, wearing your tube socks a little too high" the boy loves it and thinks it is a great honor to be his daddy's "tube sock guy" Shalom
That is the funniest thing I've seen lately!!! How cute is that? I can't wait for him to get older and look back on it like we do our stuff! I bet Jesus is cracking up too!
Judy
cute so specail.Love to know how they did that Victoria
SWEET! How precious!
I agree, FUNNY!
Merry Christmas!
that's adorable!
and you will LOVE it still, when he's in high school.
I love putting out the things they made in preschool and kindergarten every year at this time.
That is just the cutest darn thing. I guess there will be a shadow boy with Glass around it, so it could be hung on the wall for keepsakes huh?
Adorable.
Thanks for sharing,
Lichelle
That craft is the cutest little thing. Simplicity at its best.
I also missed the survey, and just have to say that I cannot read these without crying. Not that I have it all together by a long shot: I've got some considerable baggage of my own. But I am so filled with compassion and empathy - comforted in knowing that God knows the name of each "Anonymous" that I'm lifting up in prayer.
My daughter is only 21 months right now, but I can't wait until she starts bringing these treasures home... How can a sock on a bed of hay be the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? Just precious.
How cute!
I laughed out loud when I saw the craft! What a great use for those "stray" socks I'm forever finding in the laundry. (Where DO those other socks go?)
That is too cute! So simple, but speaks volumes.
Smiling sock Jesus!~Makes me happy:)
katiegfromtennessee
The best is when you will pull out this ornament when he is 18 and you'll gush all over it reminiscing about when he was young while he rolls his eyes at you.......I still remember making some of the ornaments my mom has kept to this day!
Hilarious! Just curious . . . my son also goes to Mom's Day Out and is always bringing home the cutest crafts. How do you decide what to keep and what to toss? Just last week I tossed out a sequin studded Goliath and a finely crafted baby Moses complete with basket. I didn't feel so bad about Goliath (he was a bully anyway), but the baby Moses thing brought on a little guilt :-)
I've been reading the survey respones...These survey responses are eye-opening and I can really relate with some...only the LORD can break us free...
katiegfromtennessee
Would it be sacriligious to say how great baby Jesus would look with some bedazzling?
How adorable!!! What a great idea! Thank you for the smile it brought. In Jesus' Love Kathy Knoblock
It kind of puts Christmas in perspective doesn't it...It is all about our precious Savior!!!
That's so adorable!!
God Bless! charlotte - in Georgia
It's adorable Amanda!
This is the time of year that I miss so dearly working in a Christian school. I am so blessed by what God has called me to do in the realm of autism but just so hard not the share in the sweet things of celebrating Christ's birth at this time of year!
Too cute!! :D
I missed the survey but I know somebody had to cover my answers..heehee.
That is precious! I was wondering what the piece of paper behind the raffia says.
reading through the responses to the survey would be so depressing were it not for the fact that we are all being transformed by Christ. He is not done with us! i didn't reply to it, because i couldn't quite put my finger on what to say. then i read a response that sounded exactly like me. then others that sounded exactly like friends. we are all so alike, and yet one of the main causes of insecurity listed was other women. i'm going to make a point this next week to be an encouragement to the women in my life, even if they don't come across as insecure. thanks for such an enlightening survey.
I love it! Keep it forever, it's priceless! Your little Mister is quite a guy!
Oh my gosh, that's adorable! I just emailed the link to my sister who's a preschool teacher at a Christian school. She's always on the lookout for great craft ideas and is gonna love that! Thanks for sharing.
Too cute!!! Crafty things are not my spiritual gift. My kids are teenagers now I miss the cute things they made when they were little. They are such treasures!! Enjoy!!!
okay that is seriously a cute little nativity. did he draw that face? it is very well drawn for such a little guy if he did... get that boy some art materials for christmas! you might have the next monet on your hands.
Precious!
Appropriate that Jesus is a sock.
Cause He just blesses my socks off everyday!
I thought it was cute how you closed the last post so you could keep the comments manageable. "988" that's amazing. I've got 22 comments on my blog right now and it's already unmanageable. You guys have such an awesome team. Keep up the good work.
What does the note say behind baby Jesus?
That is absolutely adorable - but what is being used for the manger - it's hard to see through the hay.
Karen
Dripping Springs, TX
I love that a Sock Baby Jesus is way cuter than a Sock Monkey!!
I missed out on the insecurity post. Hate that. I would have loved to have my darlin' that just started junior high and my darlin' 19-year old college student answer those questions.
Can I say one other thing about this? It made me cry...those comments, I mean. I get it and can soooo relate to so many of the comments. And as a woman in leadership with fourteen female staff members and one lone male, I see this playout EVERY day...and it's made me think about my role in that...I feel my own blog thoughts coming. Wow. BIG WOW- I need to be allowing Him to use me for their edification and encouragement. Thank you, Beth, for caring that we are so afraid of being who He knows we are. Are we just not believing Him on this on? Can't wait to see what you are going to do with this!
Back to the Nativity...word to the wise...Don't let Baby Jesus get mixed up with the laundry...bleaching is really NOT His best look. (grinning)
Kindergarten teacher here! I love that idea. How precious is that!
Get a large storage bin...I mean LARGE. In fact, get two. You're going to need them.
peace~elaine
Oh!!!! So precious and just the thing to put me in the spirit to continue my Christmas decorations today!
Too cute!
something so sweet and simple about that scene!
I just love it!
Hi Beth and Amanda,
I just want you to know that I'll be praying for you and your team as you review the survey answers next week. I've read a handfull of the comments, and knowing how tender hearted you girls (and Curt) are at LPM, I'd say you should probably have plenty of Puffs on hand. I'll check the blog daily, so if it gets intense and you'd like us to stand in the gap, just say the word. I, and I'm certain many others, would be delighted to have the opportunity to serve you and the LPM team.
Much love to all of you,
Patti Hayes
precious. absolutely precious. i'm so stealing this for my nanny kids :)
So cute!
That may be the cutest "Baby Jesus" I have ever seen!
This is not entirely about the Nativity Scene but I wanted one of you to read this. You don't have to post this comment here but feel free to use it elsewhere if you would like to. Anyway - I didn't get a chance to read the suvey until comments were closed. However, I wanted to say thank you for it. At first I didn't want to read the comments because I was afraid that I might see myself in someone else. They I read them hoping I would. Around comment 300-ish, I did. At first I cried for a while because I totally understood how she felt and it really stinks! Then I found myself crying with relief - relief that even though we feel alone in this, we really aren't. Because feeling like you are alone is worse than just about anything. So thank you for reminding us (well, at least me) that no matter how bad or alone we may feel, we really aren't floundering out there misunderstood. If we only had the bravery to just open ourselves up and be vulnerable, Jesus could do such a great work!
And by the way - I am a teacher and the only use I have for children's socks in my classroom is as erasers for dry erase boards. The Nativity scene is MUCH cuter!
Amanda.....that's too sweet
I love it! That is so cute.
My little Morgan put baby Jesus in time out. have you ever...
The baby Jesus is precious and He gets all the focus - what a lesson for all of us.
Look, Lambchop and Joseph have given birth!!
How completely precious is that?
What a darling nativity scene. Makes God and His Son smile I am sure. Precious!
When my daughter was in preschool they made a Nativity using paper dolls glued to cardboard tubes. And there, in the center cradled in His own cardboard paper towel manger, was baby Jesus. He was a peanut with a small piece of material wrapped around him - held in place by a string.
What was most precious - and still makes us laugh almost 8 years later - was how she would say "Baby Jesus is a PEAnut" (heavy emphasis on that first syllable).
So funny! I just love all of the crafts that kids can do to learn about Jesus - even making a sock Jesus!
That is so adorable....
I, too, was touched and even encouraged by all the comments regarding our insecurities. Somehow (and ignorantly enough), I tend to believe that I'm the only one who struggles with these issues. Thanks, Beth --- can't wait to hear what God gives you. Love you lots.
I think the sock baby Jesus is too cute! I know some preschoolers that would enjoy doing this. One year we made clothes pin nativity sets with our little ones.
By the way have you seen the Playmobile nativity play set? My preschoolers love acting out the story with it.
Much love!
Kristi B.
How CUTE! It just makes me smile...
we love that you share these things with us. That's how we relate!
What does Jackson say about his Nativity?
I was in Springfield this weekend Amanda, thought about you as I walked Battlefield Mall!
Love the craft. Can I just say that I spent all weekend thinking about the responses that I read in the survey. Wow.. what a stronghold Satan thinks He has on us in the area of insecurities. Just made me stinking mad at satan.. ready to go on a throw God's word at him rampage. I'm going to search my heart for the insecurity strongholds I have, and pray for all us Sieastas to be set free INDEED
I know that the comment forum for the survey is closed. However I am amazed at the results. It is as if we are all dealing with SAME issues...
Have you ever heard the comment (when someone is speaking of an affair), "Same lie, different players..."? When someone is describing an affair, it sounds like the same lies... just different people involved...
It is as if we are all hearing the same lies of insecurity at some level. VERY INTERESTING... and very freeing.
If we could all have a sign that our fellow sisters in Christ could see as we passed by them... and that sign could reflect that particular moment's insecurity, we would all be more secure that we are ALL INSECURE. =) Clearly, we all have believed a lie.
I am reminded of my handful of reminders (given by Mama Moore...) BLESSED, CHOSEN, ADOPTED, REDEEMED, LOVED...
(After re-reading this, I am sensing that I should probably be insecure about sharing my personal thoughts... LOL!)
I finished Esther...I don't know why I am feeling led to write to tell you guys that but I am so sad. I already know that I am weird but I feel like I am saying goodbye and (disclaimer: no i don't worship these bible studies and yes I do others) but these are my favorite. I am about to bawl my eyes out literally. My man doesn't get it as to why I cry every time I get one and every time it is over. He is like babe you are hormonal or something...I don't care how much it cost just run to Lifeway and get another workbook. LOL but he is serious.
Thank you all for the time that you have put into this. I can't thank God enough. I am starting the workbook over in January so I can get more of the whole Megillah!!
Also, I get so beside myself about these studies. When I got my hands on the audio in New Orleans...I blew up my husbands phone to tell him I was so excited. He called me back and said babe what in the world? I have been with customers. I said Rod I have something real important to tell you!! I got the Esther cds. He was like well, I am excited for you...I guess I should have called a friend...ha ha!!
So this is where all those lost socks go! What a blessings.
Oh dear...
it's a little SOCK-RELIGIOUS!
Adorable. Love it! Love Jesus!!!
How cute, you could use the other sock and make it an angel, Kelly! Just a thought.
Missed the survey too. Too busy with our church's Living Nativity. Believe me, I could talk a lot about insecurity, but I know where I find my security now!
Love to all!
Lisa
Love that baby Jesus! I say remove the baby Jesus in your current nativity and put that baby right in there! I am sure YOUR baby would love that!!!! =)
...I have to say I am AMAZED by the insecurity survey. We are all buying into the same lie. I mean, many of those answers could have been MINE. It motivates me to encourage my sisters in Christ and to encourage myself by soaking in the Word to find my True Security.
Thank you for this blog.
Thank you for using your gift to the fullest. I am expectant to read more from you on this survey. It has clearly pierced the hearts of many!!!
Oh, that is just the cutest thing!
Too Sweet - By the way, I love how you and your man are teaching your son to Know God early on! You are amazing parents.
Bless you, Vicki
That is too precious!
How cute is that!
Awwwwww!! That is so precious...must remember to tell my daughter who teaches preschool at our church.
Thanks Amanda!!
Blessings,
Bible Bunny in No MI
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