Today is December
1, 2012. Christmas is almost here. There are tons of commercials on TV about
delicious desserts or other foods that can be made to make your Christmas just
a little more special. There are also
catalogs and fliers coming in the mail on a daily basis of hoards of things you
can buy your loved ones to show them how much you truly love them.
My family has
been hounding me for weeks to make a list of what I want for Christmas. Normally I would go shopping, look around and
find a list a mile long of things I “love”.
But this year shopping is a little more difficult. I have done ALL of my Christmas shopping for
others online which I actually really enjoy.
No pushing and shoving in crowded stores. No rude cashiers who have worked to many
hours and lost or never had the Christmas spirit. No running into that one shopper who is just
obnoxious and should not be allowed to leave home.
So since
Thanksgiving I’ve been thinking of what I really want for Christmas and here is
what I’ve come up with so far:
·
I’ve
been blessed to watch my oldest son make Jesus the boss of his life. I’ve seen him grow in that relationship and I
see what a caring young man he is because of who God is shaping him to be. So my wish would be to see my other two
children make this same decision for their lives. God speaks to each of us at different
times. So I’m patient and I continue to
pray for both of them and the decisions that they will one day make.
·
Health. I would dearly love to be healthy again. I’d love to wake up Christmas morning and
feel NO pain. I’d love to be able to go
look at Christmas lights without worrying about whether the car ride was going to
make my pain flare up to an intolerable level.
I’d love to be able to shop for hours…not buy anything…but just look
without being so tired or in so much pain that someone has to carry me out to
the car and drive me home.
I know that
this year I’m asking for BIG stuff. But I’ve
learned a lot through being ill for four months. I’ve learned that God listens. HE listens to me a lot more when I’m weak and
crying out to HIM than when I’m pretending that I'm strong and can handle life.
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
