Today was nothing but wonderful. After straightening a few things up from the obstacle course, we went back to bed until 11:00 am, then we got up, got dressed, and drove to Jackson. Our sister gifts this year were my favorite too by far. Mom bought us each a big pot to cook chili in with all the chili ingredients inside with warm socks to wear as we make it. I purchased beautiful casserole pans to be used, toe rings, burt bees lip balm, and a wallet keychain. Sandra purchased all a new quick dry beach towel and her favorite energy packets. Becky had everyone two dish towels made with saying from mom and dad, two engraved wooden spoons, and some miniature silicone spatulas. Charity got everyone her favorite “Perk” drink, her favorite caramel apples, and a foot scraper thing. The weather was beautiful in the 70’s, so I also enjoyed watching the boys play outside, even the grown up too. It was all fun until Jake had to take Adam to the emergency room because he cut his eye (actually their dog bit him there) and he had to get it all sealed up. While they were gone, we went on a Christmas truck ride through the fields singing carols. It remined me of the truck rides through the fields growing up. Jake left Adam at the ER because he had to wait in the car and it was going to be a few hours before he would most likely be seen. My heart has been warm this weekend and I have felt the Spirit many times.
I love what the prophet posted on social media last night and hope to remember it always. “While we read the Christmas story in Matthew and Luke, we find the true meaning of Christmas in the gospel of John. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
The first and greatest gift of Christmas was neither gold, nor frankincense, nor myrrh. It was the willing gift from a loving Heavenly Father of His Beloved, Only Begotten Son.
On that first Silent Night, I can only imagine the holy mixture of emotions that our Heavenly Father must have experienced, watching from heaven as His Beloved Son entered a fallen world in the lowliest and most indigent of circumstances.
God is not devoid of emotions. He looks after us with all the tender feeling of a loving parent. I imagine the joy He felt in knowing that this precious infant would eventually win a glorious triumph over sin and death—throwing open the doors of heavenly possibilities so that you and I could someday live again with our loved ones.
But I also believe His joy was tempered by the perfect knowledge of what awaited His Beloved Son. In a few short years from that holy night, this same Son would suffer as none had ever, nor could ever, suffer.
But because our Heavenly Father loves us so much, He allowed these joyful and painful events to take their proper course. Because the world needed saving, and because you and I need saving, He sent us a Savior.
This Christmas, let us accept God’s perfect and precious gift. Let us cast our burdens and sins at the Savior’s feet and experience the joy that comes from repentance and change. Let us follow Jesus Christ and emulate His life as we celebrate His birth.“
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| Sisters...Back row: Me & Sandra Adamson Front Row: Charity Dilgard & Rebekah Dickey |
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| I love this man and me enjoying my caramel apple |
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