The Halls are Decked the Party's Started the Lists are made and the Christmas Cards will be out this week!!!! Hope I have all of your current addresses friends and family!!!!
Here's a little preview..............
LIFE IS GOOD !!
I hope everyone has a Safe and Happy Holiday and that we all remember that Christmas come in 3 levels. (Taken from an article out of I believe the Washington Post several years ago.)
THREE LEVEL OF CHRISTMAS
...... Let's call the first one the Santa Claus level.....It's the level at which we eat too much and spend too much and do too much and enjoy every minute of it. We love the Santa Claus level of Christmas.
But there is a higher more beautiful level. Let's call it the Silent Night level...... It's the level of the crowded Inn and the silent holy moment in a dark stable when the Son of Man came to earth.... How beautiful and meaningful it is, how infinitely poorer we would be without this sacred second level of Christmas.
These two levels don't last. They can't.
The trees dry out and the needles fall. The feast is over and the dieting begins.
The second level of the Baby Jesus can't last.The angels the star and the shepherd, that holy night itself, can't long satisfy humanity's basic need. The man who keeps Christ in the manger will, in the end, be disappointed and empty.
For Christmas to last all year long, for it to grow in beauty and meaning and purpose, for it t have the power to change lives, we must celebrate it at the third level, that of the adult Christ. It is at this level- not as an infant- that our Savior brings His gifts of lasting joy, peace, and hope.
It was the adult Christ who reached out and touched the untouchable, who loved the unlovable, who so loved us ALL that even in His agony on the cross He prayed forgiveness for His enemies.
This is the Christ, the adult Christ, who gave us the perfect example, and asked us to follow Him.
Merry Christmas All !!!
3 comments:
Sounds like you are all ready to go!! Love the pictures on the old truck with the Life is good logo on it. The kiddos look so cute. Did you take that at the Life is good shop in St. George? Seeing how it is the only one in UT right now I would guess so. We are opening one up this way sometime next year. It has been in the works for a couple of years now and it hopefully will finally happen.
Merry Christmas!!
I love those pics of the kids!! You are always doing so much along with that crazy work schedule. I don't know how you have the energy to decorate 2 trees!! You are a good Mom Ton.
Hey Tonya,
Just decided last night to start up a new blog. If you want you can let people down there know so we can keep in contact. I've added a couple of people to my blog list, but not a ton. It's not private,so they can look, but I might change that later. Anyway, just wanted to let you know.
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