Here it is almost the end of Christmas 2009. Christmas day will end in just a few hours. Since the house has been pretty quiet for the last couple hours I've had a little time to reflect on this Christmas. In some ways it's been one of our most enjoyable. Sure, the days leading up to Christmas were excessively busy. As usual I took on too much. With 4 children still living at home the schedule seemed so hectic. But as crazy as it got, there was also something so special about all the family around and all the family events that happened. Yesterday, as I sat at the table and looked around at all my immediate family members sitting there, I felt so blessed. Last night we had a Christmas eve service at our church. It was so very simple. A few carols sung, a passage from the Christmas story read aloud, another story that portrayed the emotion of the season and then a time of candle lighting and sharing brought the true message of Christmas to the forefront. It is all about Christ. It is the miraculous and almost unbelievable story of a baby born for one reason -- to take the sins of the world on himself and redeem mankind. What a gift to us. So as I wrap up Christmas 2009, I'm thankful all over again for the things that I'm always reminded of at Christmas time; a wonderful story of redemption, and the blessing of family. So for the last time this year -- Merry Christmas.
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