I’m no longer a kid
Money is scarce,
The family just keeps getting bigger as kids grow up and have families of their own,
Commercialism creeps in,
And before I know it, I’ve heard it again.
Christmas is just for kids.
My hair stands up
My Hackles Raise
My inner child rebels.
Hey! I like getting and buying gifts. But of course, that’s not all.
There’s so much about Christmas kids don’t appreciate:
The caring, forethought and intense love that went into God’s gift,
The scope of God’s methods of revelation – from shepherds to kings,
And the angels and stars….
No… you can’t tell me Christmas is just for kids.
The adventure I began when I first accepted the Christmas story as meant for me,
The sustaining relationship,
The reason for life as all else fails,
And the celebrations of new beginning each year.
Round out the list.
Uh UH… don’t expect me to fall into that cynical, secular, I gave it up as childish trap.
Don’t mess with the gift of Christmas God meant for me to receive.
You won’t find me worrying about our ‘pagan origins’ non-celebrating brothers and sisters.
Let me concentrate on the gift – the cause of the celebration,
And the yearly, joyful renewal and re-boot it brings to my faith
Posted by:
Jo Bower (Randall)
I play piano, write, publish, and struggle with being as good as possible at things I do. My husband has recently went from being a full-time pastor to a full-time hospice chaplain. (Compassionate Care Hospice of Alexandria) Life changed drastically, and I am still in the I can’t believe I really have time for myself stage. I have read everything I can get my hands on and am taking a break from all that has stressed me. God is good and faithful. +
We attend the First United Church of Alexandria and are slowly getting involved with its opportunities for service. Our Sunday School Class is wonderful..
Life has changed again, and we have come full circle, returning to Oklahoma City, Ok where we began our life together. We have a good place to live, family is close, and we are walking new paths physically and spiritually.
Again, God remains faithful and has led us to a church that accepted us and has extended opportunities for us to serve.
My life-long dream is to minister to people I will never meet. And my final goal in life is to be used up. When all is said and done, and I am no longer ‘in charge’ or able to appear in public, I will have given everything I have to give, and be content to let the world come to me.
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