Only 41 hours remaining in the year 2016!
This time of year brings reflection – thinking back – not only on this past year but on the years preceding. Maybe it is because I’m getting older. I have adult grandchildren! I find myself looking back through the journals that I have kept through the years. the following are my thoughts after Christmas 2003.
The miracles of Christmas
Someone gives out of their need
A few Christmas balls
Someone yearns for a tree
Just a small tree
But they are thankful for their blessings
A warm place to live
Food for the table
The tree is given
And the Christmas balls to decorate it
They in turn give two Beanie Babies
Gifts given to their mother
Never touched
But now for a child whose home has burned
The miracle of Christmas
One gift inspires another
A need is met
And love is shared
The miracle of Christmas
A simple service
Scripture Readings
To tell the story
With Scripture in song
Words put to music
They also tell the story
And a gift
From God
For His people
A flute
Air breathed into a tube
And out comes the notes
Music
The sounds of Christmas
Unknown to us before this night – and now – a friend
A brother in Christ
The miracle of Christmas
Love shared
God gave to us
Himself
Wrapped in the for of a child
Ten tiny fingers
Ten tiny toes
Dependent upon Joseph and Mary
For food
For clothes
Our Creator
Became one of us
To show us
His Love
When we share that love with each other
It becomes
The Miracle of Christmas!
