Last Saturday night we put up a Christmas tree. Now, I understand that some Christians refuse to put up a tree due to its pagan origins, (see
here for an excellent explanation by a lady I respect of why they don't celebrate Christmas the way most people do,) and I appreciate the sentiment of not wanting to Christmas to be commercialized, losing its real meaning. But this year putting up the tree was even more meaningful for us than ever. We were blessed with a free tree from a local Home Depot--(long story short: they were donated to our brother-in-law's school, the principal didn't want them, she told him to take them, we got one of them.) We went to Esther and Nate's attic and got our lights and ornaments that we had left there. It was like a mini-Christmas going through the ornaments and remembering where we got them, whose they were, and what special significance they have. We put on Christmas music and spent a happy time together as a family, even indulging in molasses cookies and hot chocolate.
Last year at this time we had a tiny artificial tree with a few of our favorite ornaments, which are now stuck in India....But this year, we have a large, beautiful tree to remind us to thank God for the gift of His son, and we thank God for healing our son.
4 comments:
Praise God for Bobby's healing and for the joy that the Lord has brought to your family!! Your tree is beautiful! Wish we could have been there to help celebrate (but mostly to eat your yummy molasses cookies!). Love you all so much,
Mary
Mary: You know I love you very much, even though you are now 45!
HEY!! You had to rub it in, didn't you? By the way, I loved the Hoops and Yoyo ecard! Thanks!
Love,
Mary
"You put the 'pee' in Hap-py"
Mary...Sorry about the age comment...It's not like I'm that much younger...We also wanted to send another Hoops and Yoyo card, where they sing "Your Birthday is TODAY-OH" to the tune of B-I-N-G-0, but the Hallmark site was having difficulties. We'll have to save that one for another time!
Love you!
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