It is nearly midnight here in Rock Hill and the holiday season has been chaotic this year; we have been busy with last-minute Christmas shopping, wrapping presents, and attending the Christmas Eve service. I am back home from my week-long vacation to Canada, getting back around 11:00 PM December 22nd. I must say I enjoyed being in a "foreign country." ("Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore")
This holiday season, and this year, has come and gone. With the change of season comes a change of heart. This past October I made a Mid-Year Resolution--I want to change. Sometimes I wonder if I truly appreciate everything that I am given: my mother and father have sacrificed so much for me to have anything I wanted, and sometimes I have wanted to help--even considered to join the Coast Guard. But while I find myself spoiled with gifts this Christmas holiday, I truly thank and love my family. Forget the past and look toward the future. It's uncertain but I will find my way.
Despite the holiday chaos, Christmas is a joyful time to celebrate: not only time with family and friends, but a time to remember and celebrate Jesus' birth. I went to the Christmas Eve service at First Baptist. I listened to the worship songs--the typical entourage of songs--and then lit my candle. The candle amazed me; the tiny spark would light up the world. It was a mirror image of Christ--and his disciples, and us. This next year I plan to surrender my heart, fully and dutifully to Christ. I have been off balance and out of focus too long. I need to recleanse my heart and my soul to reflect who I want to become.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
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you never cease to amaze me. keep up the posts. i really enjoy reading them.
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