Advent

What shall I say!

How shall I describe this Birth to you?

For this wonder fills me with astonishment.

The Ancient of Days has become an infant.

He who sits on the sublime and heavenly throne,

now lies in a manger.

And He who cannot be touched…

now lies subject to the hands of people…

God is now on earth,  and man in heaven;

on every side all things commingle.

~ John Chrysostrom

Image Credits; itKuPiLLi Imaginarium (www.mischiefcircus.com) and Google Images.

Merry Christmas

Bid our peace increase,

Thou that madest morn;

Bid oppression cease;

Bid the night be peace;

Bid the day be born.

~ Algernon Charles Swinburne

A Merry Christmas to all. At each new year, Christ comes again into the world. Let Him be born anew in our hearts bringing His peace, His light, His life.

Blessings to all this Christmas.

Images from Lost & Taken, and from Holliewood Studios, Marta van Eck, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Tumble Fish Studio and Hidden Vintage Studios available at Mischief Circus.

Merry and Bright - Digital Whisper Santa challenge

The Digital Whisper challenge this week is Santa. This started out for the Take a Word challenge of "Red and Green" and didn't feature Santa. But he kinda snuck in and took over, and who am I to argue?

The images are from Lost & Taken, the Graphic Fairy, and Tumble Fish Studio and Marta van Eck from Mischief Circus.