December

It is hard to believe that it is December!  December is such a busy, yet wonderful month!  I am going to try hard this year to slow down this month.  That will mean less time out in the hustle and bustle, maybe more Internet shopping rather than store shopping, more Christmas movie nights and family time, more driving around neighborhoods looking at lights, and most importantly more focus on Christ.  I am really challenging myself to spend more time in God's Word this month as I spend more time at home.

I have posted this poem in years past and dug it up because I just love it!  I have no clue where I found it or who wrote it, but I think I might just read it everyday!  Happy December!

CORINTHIANS 13 CHRISTMAS VERSION


If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.

If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home, and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata, but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child.

Love sets aside decorating to kiss the husband.

Love is kind, though harried and tired.

Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way.

Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Love never fails.