I’m not counting on a group of you bounding out of bed this morning to check a Thursday offering. I thought of just wishing a generic Merry Christmas and moving on. Yet, December 25 for a variety of reasons needs more than that. At the moment, this is what we’ve been waiting for. Depending on your family dynamics, some planning and expense was necessary for all of you to be together. Who was sleeping where and who claimed the title of head chef. Some of you may have made a specific order for a gift. If you trusted who the suggestion was made to, you feel confident that request will be granted. Others still have children who feel a little magic is involved in what has their name on a package. I’m pretty sure no ponies were under the tree, but a bicycle may be in a neighbor’s garage or the surprise offering may bring forth a smile and “This is just what I wanted!”
One truth is sure. However many Christmases have been in your life, each has had its own twist. I tried writing a summary for my family one year. My daddy putting on his boots, picking up a saw, and taking me to the woods to cut down a tree. Older strings of light that if one went out the whole string followed. Packing the trunk of a car to go to a grandparent’s house or having Santa Claus on site and then packing to move on. One memorable year, 4/5 of us were at the ranch while a daughter, having caught the flu, spent the day in a friend’s bedroom. Even now, to celebrate early one year because that’s when we were all together.
Then what I hope is a part of tinsel, packaging, and extravagant meals: it is a Child’s birth day. Do your own research on the progression in choosing a date to bring to completion a promise of the ages. Yet, around the globe as time changes, people make their day His day. Maybe the noting is ahead of time with a candle lit Eve service, something amazing is coming again. Maybe after the excitement of tearing open paper and eating a hot cinnamon roll, quiet descends. A child nestles a new toy and climbs onto a familiar lap. Pages rustle and a voice begins the story.
And it came to pass in those days……….. and on this day, and in days to come. Amen!
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