Not much to post today (and please excuse my poor grammar in the title!), but I realized a week has escaped me & I have not blogged a thing! Along with all the wonder, comes a lot of busy preparations & I have been in the midst of Christmas concerts (that the kids sang in!), finishing my Christmas shopping (*still* not quite done!), working on Christmas cards (nope, those aren't in the mail yet either...and my annual letter, well not this year!), working on photo books for the grandparents, preparing to bake cookies & treats...and the list goes on!
My Heart's simple plea...
Dear Lord, please help me slow down & enjoy this wonderful season! Amen.
So maybe my Christmas Cards will bring New Year Wishes...and the Photo Albums can probably wait until after the New Year, too...that way they can include Christmas!
Oh, I know, a friend sent this via email the other day & I have gone back to it many times to re-read it...it has been just what I have needed to be reminded of.
1 CORINTHIANS 13 CHRISTMAS VERSION
If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I’m just another decorator.
If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I’m just another cook.
If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home, and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.
If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir’s cantata, but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside decorating to kiss the husband.
Love is kind, though harried and tired.
Love doesn’t envy another’s home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.
Love doesn’t yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way. Love doesn’t give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can’t.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust.
But giving the gift of love will endure.
Merry Christmas!
– Author Unknown.
(The email I received said Author Unknown, but I Googled it & a few places list it as 1 Corinthians 13 Christmas Style ©By Sharon Jaynes. So I Googled that some more & here is her original post http://www.sharonjaynes.com/devotions/archives/1Corinthians-13-Christmas-Style.htm. By the way, it seems to be a popular poem this Christmas...I found dozens of blogs with it posted...so I suppose I'm not the only one who needed this reminder!)
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