It's My Birthday!

Well, at least Friday, December 6 was my birthday. In days gone by it has been my belief that it was not truly Christmas until after my birthday. As I was growing up we did not decorate the house until after my birthday mostly because my Aunt did not arrive until later in the month and then we decorated. She cracked the whip. This year we saw Christmas commercials in October. Now it is time to bring on Christmas.

What does that mean?

Really, an increase in activities almost to the absurd, decorations on in and around everything (the dog came back from a teeth cleaning with a Christmas bandana around her neck), 24/7 Christmas music on the radio (that started before Thanksgiving), lights, lights and more lights hanging from anything that stands (one home on Blue Jay added LED lights to their eves and now a normally dark part of the road is lit up). That is the madness we call Christmas. But there is another side that comes.

Christmas brings a keener sense that we can do simple things and change lives. It brings an awareness of others who may need help and a willingness TO DO SOMETHING about the need. It adds a smile to faces normally caught up in life and living. It encourages an excitement to the step of every child no matter what the age with a faint sound of a tune from their lips and a “Merry Christmas” to the tail end of conversations a wish for the best for any family regardless of faith or belief. Sure it brings the absurd as well but the great rises above the other to shine the brightest light to a dark world.

One small child, one giant promise, one great God on the scene to make us right changed everything in this world we live in. It was insignificant there in Bethlehem. It is not insignificant in our hearts. So, bring on Christmas regardless of my birthday or not.

The season is well worth the celebration.

It’s time for us to dance the Savior deserves it!        

In HIS Service and Yours,

BroG