What a night!  Before I go any further into detail, here is my December 24th favorite:

What is your favorite Christmas carol?  My favorite Christmas carol is “O Come O Come Emmanuel.”  Now I will continue with my story.  I have been battling a cold for two weeks but was offered an opportunity to sing at my church’s Christmas Eve candlelight service.  I have been praying for God to bring along such opportunities so I said yes and trusted that He would do the rest.  I did not talk all day today and babied my throat.  I was very nervous, but I kept praying and reminding myself for Whom I was singing.  When the time came, I sang “O Come O Come Emmanuel.”  I was so worried about my throat and the sound of my voice, and yet everything was fine.  I continue to learn this lesson: When one’s heart is in the right place, everything else will fall into the right place.

Stay merry readers!  Only 1 more day until Christmas…

– Lauren Michele  :)

“O come O come Immanuel, And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appears
Rejoice, Rejoice, Immanuel
Shall come to thee O Israel.”