Day 194 - December 25 - Christmas
Merry Christmas! I was going to take the day off and forego blogging anything today, but I thought I'd take a second to get y'all caught up since it's been a few days. We all had a very enjoyable celebration together as a family, although the bittersweet flavor of the last Christmas before Joelle gets married made the day a bit more introspective, at least for me.
I pray that each of you had an excellent and happy Christmas with as many family and friends as you could cram around the tree, and that you found yourselves richly blessed as you celebrated today.
God did not see fit to grant my request today. Connor remains in the same state, and I got to thinking about the difference between "gifts" and "gifts". What do I mean? Well, at one time or another, everybody gets asked what they want for Christmas. We often end up asking each other for lists to help us with our shopping, and pretty soon the only thing anyone gets for us are things off of our list. I received some wonderful things from my family and friends today, but there was one gift I received that wasn't on any list. In fact, I had never heard of the book, but my daughter bought me a book on understanding God's grace, and the thought that she knew me well enough to see inside of me and then find a gift which touched a chord in my heart brought me to tears. The gift I received from her wasn't on my list - it was thoughtful and insightful and connected to both her and me, and it was much more powerful because of it.
I don't mean to say that gifts from the list are somehow inferior or anything like that, just that those gifts where you really think through the concept are somehow more significant.
I don't know what God's got planned for the boy and our family, but I do know that I'll keep asking. He knows the desire of my heart.
Goodnight.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL OF US IN SANDUSKY, OHIO WHO ARE PRAYING FOR AND THINKING MORE OFTEN OF YOU ALL THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW. WE ARE LAUGHING WITH YOU, CRYING WITH YOU AND HOPING IN THE LORD WITH YOU. YOUR FAMILY HAS BECOME A PART OF ALL OF OUR LIVES.
YOUR FAITHFULNESS IS INSPIRING AS WE ARE ALL FACING MANY OF OUR OWN TRIALS NOW. BEST WISHES FOR 09!!!
CHARLEENE KUHN
Any chance you would tell us the name of the book? I received a really good book as well...unexpectedly. The cool thing is that it caught my eye when I was shopping alone at the Christian bookstore and I ALMOST bought it but didn't. I didn't even tell anyone about it. But then, on Christmas there it was! It was from my sweet husband. It's called "A New Kind of Normal." Pretty interesting and if you haven't heard it...you might check it out.
Thanks for giving us a little update. Continuing to pray for you all daily.
It sounds like a great book. One of the books that helped me the most when we went through our immensely difficult time was: How to Handle Adversity by Charles Stanley. It wasn't a book on grief, but it helped me more than any book I had read.
I'm so glad to hear that you had a good Christmas.
Hi, Thank you for sharing your Christmas with us. Our Christmas was quite different from any other, not like yours, but one that brought me a whole differnt meaning of Christmas to me. I always want to get some special gift from my husband or family member, but this year my focus was not on gifts given to me or even my gifts given to others. My focus was totally on the Christ Child like it never has been before. I felt a gentle peace fill my spirit and my thoughts.
I pray that the book on God's Grace fills your heart with peace and stillness of mind and soul.
Love in Christ, Marge of Spring Creek, NV
Claudia,
It's called "A Ragamuffin Gospel". Rich Mullins named his band after reading the book. I haven't started it yet, but I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into it.
Eric
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