This Christmas

This Christmas is going to be one of the best I have had in many years. No we don't have a tree, no we don't have any gifts around our fireplace, but what we do have is each other.  This Christmas is all about rejoicing in having my family around me, watching football and just enjoying each other. I know this sounds like a bleak Christmas but when I look at what almost happened, this is the best Christmas ever.  I, like all parents really like to go all out at Christmas time with the gifts, food and more gifts. Well this year our gift,  our being my family, is a roof over our heads and everyone home and together for the holiday. It almost did not happen that way, there was a real possibility that I was going to be separated from my children and they would have been separated from each other at Christmas time. It was hard for me to imagine being separated from them because since the day they came into the world we have been a close knit family that has never spent more than a week at a time away from each other. So to have this prospect looming before us was unthinkable and heartbreaking, but thankfully we had God watching over us and sent his angels to lift us out of our difficulty. I can honestly say these where not the angels one would expect, you know the winged, draped in white with harps and glowing faces, angels.   These angels were everyday people who where lead by the spirit of generosity, kindness and love that they gave of themselves and allowed God to work through them and give us a Christmas miracle.  For a moment I was upset because we were going to go without gifts this year but then I was reminded what this season is about, God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have life everlasting, Christmas is about love and family.

May the joy of the Christmas season bless and keep you, your family and friends today and into the New Year!! 
Peace and Blessings