The Real Twelve Days of Christmas – Saint Simon Stylites

Merry Christmas Dear Reader,

I am not going to spend any time talking about Simon. One can read about him here if one wishes.  I am going to say that on this day I wish to honor everyone who takes all or a portion of the life given them to devote time to prayer and solitude with God.  I take a little time each day for this and must say that it serves as a good thermostat to the remainder of my day.

It is with this in mind that I approach this eleventh day of Christmas.  I have spent time each day pondering Christ and what I must do to be a better follower.  I have spent time in prayer for my family and friends.  I have reviewed my life in light of what makes an eternal difference.

I think that if I do not do these things deliberately I will ignore them passively.  My time of solitude and thinking has led to some decisions for change and even some acknowledgement of things I have accomplished.  I always want to remain in this place until I remember the richness of those in my life.  It would be easy to become reclusive and isolated but that will not get me closer to the task of loving and serving others.

Mountain Top – Amy Grant

I love to sing and I love to pray

Worship the Lord most every day

I go to the temple and I just want to stay

To hide from the hustle of the world and its ways

And I'd love to live on a mountain top

Fellowshipping with the Lord

I'd love to stand on a mountain top

'Cause I love to feel my spirit soar

But I've got to come down from that mountain top

To the people in the valley below

Or they'll never know that they can go

To the mountain of the Lord

Now praising the Father is a good thing to do

To worship the trinity in spirit and truth

But if we worshiped all of the time

There would be no one to lead the blind

But I'd love to live on a mountain top

Fellowshipping with the Lord

I'd love to stand on a mountain top

'Cause I love to feel my spirit soar

But I've got to come down from that mountain top

To the people in the valley below

Or they'll never know that they can go

To the mountain of the Lord

Now I am not saying that worship is wrong

But worship is more than just singin' a song

It's all that you say and everything that you do

It's letting his spirit live through you

Still I'd love to live on a mountain top

Fellowshipping with the Lord

I'd love to stand on a mountain top

'Cause I love to feel my spirit soar

But I've got to come down from that mountain top

To the people in the valley below

Or they'll never know that they can go

To the mountain of the Lord

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."