I love Christmas! Maybe it’s the excitement of little people looking forward to the gifts, the big meal I get to cook, just being with family I don’t know but I love it all. As much as I love Christmas for the fun my favorite holiday for it’s meaning is Easter because without it we’d have a religion just like any other.Because of it we have a Savior who is alive! Thank you Jesus!
This year it was my turn to teach the youth girls class the lesson when Mary was visited by the angel.I’ve taught/read te Christmas story more tims then I can remember & I think sometimes it’s not that we need to say something new & exciting (though the story is exciting no matter how old we get were would we be without it?) we just need to be reminded & reaffirm in our minds & hearts that what we believe & know is the truth. I went the route of Mary’s world being turned upside down. It wasn’t like she could go home & tell her parents “you remember when this happened to this other family & how that worked out.” There was no other family to see or talk to about this. Mary was the only one. So how do I respond when God wnats to turn my world upside down? Or what if Mary had said “No” Think about that this Christmas. If Mary had said “No” God would have picked someone else but look at the lessing Mary would have missed. So what do I miss because I don’t want my world/plans turned upside down. Would God have picked me or my daughter if we were living back then? Pretty challenging.
Our family wishes you a very Merry Blessed Christmas whatever your plans. Don’t forget to thank God for being willing to send His only Son so that one day we can be with Him forever!
To those who are missing loved ones this Christmas we feel your pain. It’s our first Christmas without John’s Mom & yes we do miss her but we could never wish her back to this world so we will make sure we get to go to her one day!
Be blessed
