"A Ruby Christmas" - Chapter 4 by Ruth O'Neil

Photo courtesy of Ruth O'Neil

Today's featured author is Ruth O'Neil

Today Ruth O'Neil takes Ruby and Yippee to the beautiful mountains of Virginia.


Ruth is the author of Come Eat at My Table.

You can learn more about Ruth and connect with here here:

• Ruth O'Neil's web site

• Ruth's blog, Real  Life is Better Than Fiction

• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/RuthONeilAuthor

• Twitter: @writerrutho

Read Ruth's chapters of A Ruby Christmas here:

A Ruby Christmas: chapter 4


View the Altered Photo on Ruth O'Neil's Real Life blog.

Compare to the photo here and write down the difference: A Ruby Christmas Pinterest Photo Contest

More about today's chapter of A Ruby Christmas:

• Fay Lamb's Inner Source blog.

• Marji Laine's Chapter 4 Devotion of Faith-Driven Fiction

• And see Phee Paradise's Delighted Meditations about Ruth's chapter. 

Ruby sent us a note today! 

Hey y'all,

Well, I didn’t think I could get any closer to God than I was when I was living in Texas, but I was wrong. These beautiful mountains of Virginia almost make me feel as if I can touch the heavens. I love the feeling of being able to look down from my vantage points and see what others below me are doing.

I wonder if this is how God feels when he looks at us. He definitely has a higher vantage point than any of us could ever attain. It is in these Blue Ridge Mountains that I have been able to really understand the verse in Isaiah 55:12 that says, “You will go out in joy and be led forth a peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”
This is the time of year when the mountains really will rejoice because of the birth of the King, their Creator, Jesus Christ.

I can definitely learn some lessons from these mountains. It almost makes me want to come back year after year to see how the mountains change. Though our God never changes.

Love y'all,
Ruby

Wishing you A Ruby Christmas

Please stop back by here tomorrow to meet Jerusha Agen, the next author, and for a link to the next chapter.

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Related article:

Wishing You A Ruby Christmas on the Butts About Writing blog.