Where's the joy? Where's the Merry Christmas? Is it Christmas or crisis? Every year we promise ourselves to not let the Christmas season turn into a crisis and here it is two days before thanksgiving and it's already resembling one! One hour spent shopping in the local Stuff-Mart and I'm longing for February 2009 (February...a month no one longs for! Not for nothing it's the shortest month of the year).
What's a well-meaning, well-intentioned Christian to do?
My hope is that by our...
- Reading and commenting on the posts, questions, and replies in this Yule Blog and thereby
- Becoming a virtual Christmas community committed to one another and to the joy of the season,
We might help each other toward a saner more spiritual Christmas. That being said, here is the first very brief post for your comments and contributions!
In the Bible, there is a connection between thankfulness and joy. For example,
- "My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him" (Ps 28:7, NIV).
- "Shouts of joy and thanksgiving..." (Ps 42:4, NIV)
- How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? (1 Th 3:9, NIV).
What are you thankful for?
(please post a few for all to read and rejoice together)
For example: I am thankful for getting to lead preschoolers in song!
6 comments:
Well . . . my parents arrived to live with me for much of the winter. In some ways, that makes me pull my hair out. My dad is blind . . . and so it does disrupt the household. But I am SO thankful I have both my parents living. At my age, my friends are starting to lose their parents . . . or have already lost them.
I am grateful for my children and the closeness we share.
I am grateful I get to do something I love (write) for a living.
Erica
Thanks Erica! Both my parents are gone and I miss them more and more as the years pass. However, I too am grateful for my children and the closeness we share!
I am also grateful that God has given me so many good friends in this world!
I'm thankful for my home, my wife, my kids and my friends. I'm also thankful I'm never, ever bored!
hey yall....i am super thankful that my daughter stormi will finnaly graduate from college....was that the hallelujiah chorus i just heard....she oughta have at least 15 different degrees after 6 1/2 years...but she has 2 and i am very excited about that....im still trying to find the thankfulness in having to go to "ohio" to see her graduate ....im sure its there...im also very thankful for my grandson orion alexander jones and his fantastic mom and dad...gypsy and josh....what a huge blessing to be at his birth, which was thanks to the generosity of a friend who gave me her mileage points to get me there sooner than i had planned....otherwise the ticket i had already purchased would have gotten me there after the fact....im very thankful my son zach is coming back from iraq and will hopefully be able to spend christmas with us...and i am very thankful for his beautiful son jaiden who is turning 3 in jan...and for jaidens mom christina.....im very thankful that lexie is doing well in school and that we are still pretty close....ya know those 13 year olds.....im very thankful gary still has a job and still loves me after 25 years of marriage...im not the easiest thing to live with...who knew....and im really thankful for all my friends and extended fanily...people who support and love you even when you might not deserve it at the time....love that unconditional love...well didnt mean for this to be a novel...thanks to all and to all a groovy night
by the way ...i dont know how to put a picture up...so just imagine a cross between phyllis diller, twiggy ( in my dreams) and alice cooper....yep that pretty much sums it up
see ya
Bobbi (random carrot, flat tomato, etc.) I notice a trend here.
I believe you can post a picture by opening a Google ID and following the instructions.
Regarding being difficult to live with (who knew)...aren't we all! I think that's another facet of thankfulness: we become more aware of ourselves and self-awareness is part of what makes healthy change possible.
Bobbi, you should just call yourself V8 :-)
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