Showing posts with label Jeremiah 33:3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeremiah 33:3. Show all posts

"Twas The Text Before Christmas"

How often have you inadvertently sent a text to the wrong person; it’s such an uncomfortable feeling. Hopefully, the mistaken text didn’t contain anything offensive to the receiver.

We expect everything to turn around for the better, and they don’t disappoint us in this upbeat Holiday movie.

Nana, played by Jane Eastwood, sent a text to a number she thought was her Granddaughter’s. However, the number belonged to Addie, played by Merritt Patterson, who just broke up with her boyfriend. Addie receives the text and responds to the sender that they have the wrong number and snaps/sends a photo of herself to send with that response. Upon receiving the text, Nana apologizes but noticed that Addie had on a beautiful scarf in the photo she sent and asked where she got it. Addie sends her the link.

After Nana buys the scarf she decides to Face Time Addie to thank her. It’s then that they start chatting about where they are both from and what they are doing for the holidays. Nana ends the conversation with saying she hopes they keep in touch. Addie had mentioned that her dad was away this Christmas visiting her Brother. Shortly there after, Nana contacts Addie again and invites her to Christmas Dinner. Nana tells her that it’s a 4 hour trip by train from the City to Vermont where she lives. After seeing on social media that her ex-boyfriend is suddenly engaged, Addie calls Nana and accepts. She needed to do something different and exciting.

The relationship between Nana and Addie is a very warm and friendly one. Addie’s visit to Vermont is delightful and festive. What Addie didn’t know is that Nana has a very handsome son, James, played by Trevor Donovan.

The movie rapidly covers three years of Christmas Days, and you guessed it, by the third Christmas, there’s something brewing between Addie and James. 

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

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"Love You Like Christmas"

How many times have we made plans, only to find that an unexpected detour brings us better fortune.

Bonnie Somerville plays a wonderful role as Maddie Duncan, a successful business woman who does not like to fly. She is invited to the wedding of one of her best clients in Denver, so she decides to drive. Coincidentally, Maddie’s cousin calls and asks if she would be interested in his mom’s cherished Classic 1968 Red Mustang, because he is making a corporate move. (Wouldn’t we all love to get a phone call like that?!) Obviously, Maddie takes the car and sets off on a road trip from NYC to Denver to attend the wedding.

Along the way she encounters a backup on the highway, as a Christmas Tree farmer’s truck had dumped Christmas Trees on the highway blocking all traffic. She gets out of the car with the other drivers and meets Kevin, played by Brennan Elliott, who is immediately taken by her. He is trying to remove the trees one by one, but the drivers decide they can bypass the trees by driving up on the shoulder of the road. So Maddie says her good-byes and off she goes. As she continues her trip, she comes to a crossroad and is uncertain if she should make a left or right. She makes the right and enters Ohio. Out of nowhere the Mustang begins to fail, barely making it to a gas station in a town called “Christmas Valley”.

Upon inspection of the vehicle by the mechanic, he informs her that it will be a few days, as he needs to order the parts for this very special Classic Car. With that, he takes her to a Boarding House in town where she meets the most welcoming, kind people. There’s a little girl there named Jo, played by Madison Brydges. The owner of the Boarding house, Pam, played by Precious Chong, looks after Jo when her dad is not around. Her dad happens to be none other than, Kevin, the Christmas Tree Farmer and a widower.

There’s a warm connection between Maddie and the young Jo. Maddie also begins bonding with some of the towns people, so much so, she begins to not want to leave.

There’s a teachable moment in this movie. It’s about unexpected change and walking away from the “on-paper-perfect-plan” of your life and stepping into a happiness that you never thought could possibly exist. 

Jeremiah 33:3 (ESV)

“Call to me and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known”

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