Hey Kids! In perusing my lil ole blog, I noticed that the last several entries have just been eye-candy for your visual excitement. While there's really nothing wrong with that, I felt maybe it was time for maybe something just a tad more filling.
Today is Monday, December 14. Christmas is right around the corner. While I always say I hate winter, what with its blend of cold, snow, and ice, I love Christmas. For just a while, people seem nicer, their smiles brighter, and the world is a bit more hopeful.
I notice this year that it's all the little things that are getting to me as we get closer to Christmas. For instance... last week I was doing the dishes, listening to the radio. "The Little Drummer Boy" came on. As I did my chore, I listened to that song without singing along. And the amount of feeling the singer put into it was overwhelming to me at that precise moment, and I started to cry. I realize it's just a song, but... it was as if for one brief moment, I could sympathize with that little boy: What can I possibly give to my Savior to honor him? I have no gifts to bring. So what does he do? He plays his drum...using the talent that God gave him. The part that killed me was at the end. "I played my drum for Him ... I played my best for Him ... then He smiled at me....me and my drum. " What a wonderful thing to be able to say: The Christ Child smiled at me.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just overemotional and spouting nonsense, but it keeps coming to my mind.
I also can't seem to stop thinking about Joseph and Mary. Usually we always make sure to read the Christmas Story in the New Testament and all of that, and reflect on His birth. But this year, I just keep coming back to Joseph and Mary. There's so much I'd like to know about them. I just don't know what it is this year. The songs seem more poignant. Like, Michael McLean's "Forgotten Carols." Loved them for years, but this year....there's something about them that just hits me.
I hope I'm making sense. I get the feeling I'm coming across as being overly-sentimental and emotional. Could be. I guess my point is, there really is a magic about Christmas, and I'm feeling it more this year than I think I ever have before in years past.
A few years ago we received what I always call "our Christmas Miracle" when my sister's tumor was removed completely and her baby lived and everything turned out so much better than what we dared hope for. I will always be thankful for that. I will always see His divine intervention on their behalf. I will always consider it our Christmas miracle.
And yet...
Everything just feels different this year. I wonder if anybody else is feeling this way too.
Well, big shocker, thinking of this stuff is getting me all teary-eyed again, so I'm off. I wish you the happiest of holidays and the peace that only He can bring. Merry Christmas.
2 comments:
This was a pretty great one. Saying what you feel at a special time of the year can be good for the soul; reading it was quite refreshing.
This time of the year is a little emotional for me too. I think our miracle is a huge reason for that. I love what you said about the Little Drummer Boy. It's something that I think about a lot. What can I do for the Savior or what can I do to be more like Him? Thanks for sharing that thought, it made me tear up too. Love you!
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