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A story is told about the Wright brothers after they successfully got their ‘flying machine’ off the ground…
In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their “flying machine” off the ground.
Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine:
“We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas.”
Katherine hurried to the editor of the local newspaper and showed him the message. He glanced at it and said, “How nice. The boys will be home for Christmas.” He totally missed the big news–man had flown!
It will be silly for us to go to a birthday party and miss greeting the celebrant much less not gift him a gift.
Just a tip for parents – we can get a birthday cake and sing a happy birthday song for Jesus to bring back to focus to who is the center of this celebration.
Because of the many parties, sometimes the last people we get to spend time with is our kids. I know I’ve fallen into that trap. But we have to be deliberate for this thing not to happen.
My wife is so good with this. She prints out a December calendar and gets us all in a meeting to plan the whole month. Remember if you don’t fill your calendar, someone else will.
For this month’s plans…
Our own family Christmas dinner – this is a time when we usually spend Christmas dinner just for us. We go to a restaurant we’ve gone back every December 23 for the past several years – Outback in C5. We have our little celebration and do our gift giving there. It’s always a highlight in our Christmas celebration.
“The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul…” Ps. 19:7
Christmas time is the busiest time of the year. And because of all that goes on, one of the things that usually takes the back seat is our time in the word.
This is something we need to deliberately fight for in our daily planner. Why?
1. It’s perfect.
His Word is perfect. Perfect to comfort. Perfect to encourage. Perfect to correct. Perfect to rebuke. Perfect to inspire.
It’s perfect to revive.
2. It revives the soul.
The heart defibrillator has saved thousands if not millions of lives. Think of His word as a spiritual defibrillator. Yes, it is spiritual daily bread but at the same breath, when one feels ‘dead’ in His walk with God, the word is perfect to revive.
Just a reminder for all of us (includes me!) during this very busy season.
Who’s front and center during this season? Good question to ask ourselves. Watch this video to see the similarities and the differences between Jesus and Santa. Interesting video…
A story is told about the Wright brothers after they successfully got their ‘flying machine’ off the ground…
Bringing kids to school is definitely an interesting adventure.