Our Christmas was very good this year. We kept to simple things, tried really hard to NOT use the charge card for ANY purchases and just kept to the Spirit of Christ as best as we could.
The fellowship and fun of being with family where we shared a meal and the comfortable companionship of togetherness was enough for me.
We have talked about going to a cabin lodge or the beach for Christmas one year and just taking our collective holiday spirit with us on the road. It would be so much fun. We can play games, laugh, talk and reconnect.
Our lives seem to be so fragmented sometimes. Technology, for all its wonders, sometimes separates instead of drawing us close.
Rick and I have emailed each other while sitting in the same room. Stupid I know, but there you have it.
I'm thankful to know that a baby born in a manger was so much more than just a baby. I'm quite sure other babies were born that same night in Bethlehem. But they came for their own purpose and mission. That baby came to be the messiah. There wasn't an alternate plan nor a different Shepherd who calls our names to be gathered into His fold.
Though the world chaps at "religion" today, the feelings I have for the Savior and the blessings in my life go beyond "religion" and into what I hope and pray are living embodiments of how I have been taught and the lessons that have shaped my spirit.
Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year!!
