I love Christmas. It's my favorite season. It's so much fun getting prepared for the big day. From the tree to the decorations, to the music, parities, presents, family gatherings, foods. It's all great! I love it all. It also means halfway through the year, meaning summer is coming back!! WOOHOO. I love summer.
I have been thinking a lot this week about memories. It seems every sight, smell, or song takes me back to being a kid. It's been kind of hard. Does anyone hear me on this? Is it just me, or are more people burning wood in a wood stove so I can think of chopping, stacking, and watching Paw Paw walk across that frozen ground to have heat in his house? Or is the song, "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" being played more this year than last so i can think of Grandmaw singing it every time I would help her put up her decorations. Or Christmas Movies I have seen every year for years are now making me cry as I can relate to the situations these people are in.
It's been a strange few couple of weeks. I don't know what to think of it, but I have had fun remembering. I won't get sad on happy times. Do I yearn for those days when everyone I love was still a live? Yes! But I have to look BEYOND what was and look for what's to come. Look beyond. Pastor Furtick taught me this new, old word. NEVERTHELESS. Meaning although I am in this spot right now, nevertheless, God is good and he has it all figured out. I will accept where I am, and go forward to where I am going. NEVERTHELESS! My new favorite word. Although I miss the old days of Christmas pass, nevertheless, I will enjoy and embrace the Christmases to come!
I love Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year!
