Happy Christmas Dear Reader,
One of my Christmas traditions is to read through The
Little Book of Christmas Joys by H. Jackson Brown. It is one of those gifts that I received many
years ago that I still cherish. It is a
good gift to give someone if you are looking.
I can recommend some other books as well (wink, wink).
This year Christmas is very lean. My stability is on the edge of a knife. This is not a complaint but an honest
assessment. In that little book was this
reminder. “Don’t despair if you are
short of cash. Be Creative. Looking back, you’ll discover that the
Christmases when you had the least money were the ones that left you with the
best memories.”
I am working on the creative part. I refuse to allow my joy at Christmas to be
determined by my circumstances. I am
having to search for Christmas in new ways.
Seven days into December I see some hope but still have no answers. I am missing people that I love but refuse to
love them less or despair over their absence.
Still there are the eddies and undercurrents of sorrow that
attempt to eat away at my foundation as they flow through my soul. Where then is Christmas in this sorrow? It is in remembering that in hard times that
are also Christmas there is still joy to be found. Christ is still there and his incarnation is
still the path to redemption for us all.
One of the places I find Christmas is in knowing that this celebration
will eventually be with all those I love and completely free of all forms of sorrow.
Extreme change is always hard. Extreme life change can be damaging and
dangerous if too much happens at the same time.
None of that, however, need be true if I focus on the purpose of
Christmas. It is God the Father offering
the Prince of Peace in his desire to bring good will to all of us. It is in believing that he has all things in
his hand and under his authority.
I can feel sad without letting sorrow defeat me. I can feel loss without forgetting all that I
still have. This hard candy Christmas
will pass and one day Christmas will be all that it can be for us. If you are having a hard candy Christmas Dear
Reader, please share your story with me so that I can pray for you.
Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair
Maybe I'll move somewhere
Maybe I'll get a car
Maybe I'll drive so far
That I'll lose track
Me, I'll bounce right back
Maybe I'll sleep real late
Maybe I'll lose some weight
Maybe I'll clear my junk
Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine
Me, I'll be just
Fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down
I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow get me way down
Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew
Maybe I'll just lie low
Maybe I'll hit the bars
Maybe I'll count the stars until dawn
Me, I will go on
Maybe I'll settle down
Maybe I'll just leave town
Maybe I'll have some fun
Maybe I'll meet someone
And make him mine
Me, I'll be just
Fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down
I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down
I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down
'Cause I'll be fine
(I'll be fine)
Oh, I'll be fine
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.”
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