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The gospel encourages me to rest in my righteous standing with God, a standing which Christ Himself accomplished and always maintains for me.(a)(b) I never have to do a moment's labor to gain or maintain my justified status before God!(c)(d)(e) Freed from the burden of such a task, I now can put my energies into enjoying God, pursuing holiness, and ministering God's amazing grace to others.

The gospel also reminds me that my righteous standing with God always holds firm regardless of my performance, because my standing is based solely on the work of Jesus and not mine.(f) On my worst days of sin and failure, the gospel encourages me with God's unrelenting grace toward me.(g)(h) On my best days of victory and usefulness, the gospel keeps me relating to God solely on the basis of Jesus' righteousness and not mine.

From A Gospel Primer for Christians: Learning to See the Glories of God's Love

Show us a holiday craft...

I finally completed my Joyeux Noel pennant banner (and hung it!) on Christmas Eve. I was going for the Paris Flea Market look... whatever that is... never been to Paris nor a flea market there. ;-)

Anyway, it took many hours and there was more I wanted to do to it but finally decided "less is more" and declared it Fini!

Note: The banner is about 11 feet long from end to end. Each pennant is 9" x 12". Pennants are constructed with a backing of Fredrix Canvas Pad paper canvas, then lightly glued layers of solid and printed paper and cardstock. I sewed one seam inside the edge each pennant to hold everything in place. Each pennant was "aged" with various inks and inky techniques.