December Daily - Light the World Journaling book

I'm so excited that I can share the pages of my
Light the World book with you.
In the scrapbook world, they would call this a
December Daily book.
Journaling the events that take place in the month of
December.  I have chosen to record my events
through the Light the World campaign and
do my recording just a little different way.

How did I serve?

Each time I pass my book on the table

in the family room, I am reminded to do something

for someone else.

This was a great project for me, not only to make a journaling book

but to also put in front of me a reminder that 

I need to serve someone else today.

I bound the book myself with a binding machine that

I bought years ago when the scrapbooking

business was going great guns.  Who didn't need 

one of these in their creating room? 

Well, not everyone I guess, but this is a machine

that I use regularly, and has become a great

friend.  Instead of spending more money on someone

else binding my books, I was able to bind my own,

and put my own twist to the book.

So....

many, many years later,

I am still using my binding machine!

Score!!!

Here are the rest of the pages of my

Light the World journaling book.

Really, it is a fabulous December Daily,

and it has a true purpose to help me become a better person

as I add my service in it each day.

And there you have it.

The rest of the book.

I actually have a few more pages with pictures of Dana and I

on them.  We really don't take many pictures at Christmas,

and maybe I should be better at that,

but the few we have, are on the other pages.

And a poster from the Church that was on our Church bulletin

board.  They throw them away at the end of the 

season, so I asked for it. 

It is the picture that is used for the Light the World

campaign. 

My mother had an original painting of this picture, given

to her by her mother.  It hung on the walls of her 

home from the time she received it until 

she and dad died.  It is such a special picture of Mary

and her precious son Jesus.

I was so excited to see that as the poster for Light the World.

It makes the event even more precious to me.

Merry Christmas!

Robin

Light the World Journaling Book / December Daily

I'm way past 8 days!

I started showing my December Daily book

that is focused on Light the World 

campaign, and I only posted 8 days.

8 days go by fast!

So here are the rest of my pages

in my December Daily book for Lighting the World.

This year it has been suggested to do a 

service a week, instead of 

25 days of service,  but I still continue to

record my service for each day of the week.

I added numbers to the pages, and am so in love with them!

They are cut out on my cricut using the font from the Sophisticated 

cartridge.  One of my favorite fonts.

It brings such character to the pages!

When I created the book, I just went through my files of

Christmas papers and such, to design the pages.

Then just cut and glued as I went.

I love the ornaments that have a scripture to go along with the

day.  I found these on the Red headed hostess blog

I think.  I love her stuff.

I'm still plugging along each day, thinking of something to do

that day for service.

It is always interesting to me how easy it is to serve 

someone else.  I read a book years ago that 

challenged you in one of the chapters to do more

service and to record what you do.

I took on that challenge, and it changed my life. 

Who would have thought that after that,

I would spend many hours a week serving others.

It may be a few hours in the temple,

or it may be my neighbor, my grown children,

my close friends, or just someone at the 

grocery store.  But what I have learned from this new

challenge that day, was I became a better person.

I started thinking less of myself and more about the needs

of other people, and seriously, how can that

not make you a better person!

Enjoy Lighting the World.

Robin

Light the World

The Light the World campaign is sponsored by

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

It is an awesome way to give during the Christmas Season.

The challenge is to do a kind thing for someone else 

everyday in December before Christmas.

I took the challenge last year for the first time.

I'm not sure how many years the Church has been doing

this, but for me to participate last year was my first year.

It is magical, it brings the spirit of giving to a far different 

level,  It doesn't have to be anything big. 

sometimes it may be a call, or a visit,

or a text, or a plate of cookies.  Nothing big, just

the fact that you have remembered someone,

and shown love!

I made a book last year to represent each day before  Christmas.

It rejuvenated me to write down my act of kindness

to others, and it will be a journal for me in years to come.

I am sharing with you my pages today that I made

to Light the World.

Start this year to Light the World!

Here is my book.
This is the cover that I created.

I love that service in some way, even small ways
will bring good into the world!

25 ways in 25 days!

Day 1

Each day has a section where I can record what I did that day.

Day 2

Day3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

I will share other days as time goes on.

It is such a treasure to have this book in my home.

Each page has my recording of 2017 service for those 25 days 

last year.  

I hope you will have the desire to 

Light the World this year.

25 ways in 25 ways!

Enjoy,

Robin