A silent Christmas Eve
It's shortly before midnight East coast time. Our three children are sound asleep and their parents will be following shortly.
We've laid out the preparations for Santa: a small amount of beer and some cookies. You can put the beer part down to the Irish in me. (Ideally it should be Guinness, but that's not something we normally have in the house.)
Tomorrow there's the normal madness of package opening and excited and giddy children. But what I'll be thinking back to (at least for some of the day), is that this holiday is really a chance to remember a very important birthday. About 2,000 years after it all happened. And I'll try to spend a little quiet time tomorrow thinking about that momentous birth.
Your beliefs may be different to mine. But I know that the baby Jesus was God's son and that in his short time on Earth he's still affecting my life in a positive way today.
I wish you a peaceful Christmas that is truly blessed.
Thank you God.
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posted by Bernard @ 11:32 PM
6 Comments:
What beautiful children, and a wonderful sentiment beautifully stated.
Oh, and by the way, it's a well known fact that Guinness is good for you, right?
I love the picture, they are beautiful. Thank you for your words of faith, well put. I hope your family has a wonderful, happy Christmas.
I hope your CHRISTmas was great!!
You have beautiful children.
What a great picture.... I hope you have that framed somewhere! Hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday.
Oh my goodness, Bernard - your kidlets are beautiful.
Thanks for letting us see that lovely picture.
it is amazing how many children i have spoken to in the run up to christmas who don't know why we celebrate christmas. they just say it's for presents.. ahhh that's why it annoys me so much.. so much greed.
sorry ignore me, hope you had a great day i'm sure you all did. i used to leave beer for santa.
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