Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving just behind us and Christmas on the horizon I thought it would be appropriate to stop for a moment and say a word of thanks.

I am thankful to God for my family, still alive and recently passed. I am thankful that they have always loved me unconditionally. I am thankful for friends who do the same. And I am thankful for my wonderful husband who has been allowing me to sleep in for the past few weeks now and taking care of the baby in the morning. I am thankful that I am an American, that I have the freedom to practice my religion and openly express my thoughts without fear of being thrown in jail or killed.

And as I await Christmas day I want to remind us all that it is Jesus Christ who is the reason we have the season. It saddens my heart to hear stories about Wal-Mart stampedes and people being killed by hoards of shoppers trying to get a deal and people fighting over the last toy on the shelf. That is so much the opposite direction of where the true meaning of Christmas is that its sick. How have so many people allowed materialism take the place of the Christmas Spirit of love and kindness? At least if you don't believe in Jesus virgin birth and what that all means, you can at least agree that this is the season to spread love and joy and kindness to all mankind. Of course I do believe in the virgin birth of Jesus and I am joyful for the gift of Christ, God in the flesh... Emmanuel. For without him I would be forever separated from God and would not know the blessing it is to be one of His children.

God bless you all during the Holidays, and I hope you all stay focused on the true reason for the season.