Miracles of Christmas

When I was growing up and living at home my mother’s favorite holiday was Christmas. It seemed to be the one holiday out of the year where she found the most joy. She did not have much to decorate with and the trees she had reminded me of those from Charlie Brown Christmas but she managed to decorate the tree every year so beautifully that no one knew the difference.

Then on December 5th 1991 my mother had passed away from Lupus. I was 22 at the time. That was such a hard Christmas and as I opened the gifts she left behind for me I sat and gazed upon the dolls she bought me with tears in my eyes knowing she was trying to make up for my childhood.

From that year on I was very sad during the holidays and I was able to hide some of my sadness behind a quick smile. The feelings of pain and some bitterness managed to creep up on me on Thanksgiving and lasted all the way through New Years. As I grew older it became harder to hide behind that quick smile during the holidays because more and more people either passed on or stopped getting together for one reason or another.

Then one day God blessed us with a child and when the holidays arrived again my sadness had become worse. I did not know how to give him all of the beauty he deserved to experience because I was suffering from my own pain. Many years have now passed and I tried so hard but I just could not find Christmas.

The last few years have been difficult for our family because we have had to give up so much and we are struggling to survive just like the rest of the world. However at the same time those hard lessons were Blessings that we could not fully understand at the time until now.

A few weeks ago I felt led to place a Christmas song on my blog but I had no idea which one He wanted me to share and so I asked the Lord to answer my prayer. Then on that same day my family and I were out and we happened to see Christmas Carolers. We stood and listened to their angelic voices. Then my heart was struck and I began to choke from the lump in my throat. I tried so hard to hold back the tears but I just couldn’t. My husband looked at me and smiled and put his arm around me. I then felt the Lord with me. All of the pain that I held in my heart all of those years left me and I began to feel a great joy come over me. It was the most amazing feeling and instead of pushing it away as I have done many holidays before, I surrendered and embraced the love God wanted me to experience. Then we decided to leave and as we were walking to the car a woman was singing a song Come All Ye Faithful. She was switching between her language and English while singing it. I knew in that moment that the Lord answered my prayer as to what song to share on my blog. When we arrived home I immediately went and searched for the song and listened to the words and His message to me became very clear as I felt His presence once again.

Despite our situation this year, we put up our Christmas tree on December 1st anyway. In all the years that have passed the tree has never been decorated so early, we most often would wait until the last minute and there is not one treasured memory because the moment was filled with stress and feeling like we had to do it. This year there is joy in our hearts and we played music, laughed and teared up as the angel was placed on the very top. The beautiful part of this experience is the fact there will not be much under that tree but that does not matter. We are not sure what tomorrow brings but that is not important neither. What is important is putting complete faith and trust into God that He is giving us what we need and celebrating the birth of His Son Jesus Christ. I have met people in my life that had nothing who shared with me their stories of bliss and I just could not comprehend it but I finally understand. With Jesus we have found a happiness that can not be replaced by anything on this earth.

Everything is different now and as I listen to the Christmas songs as I have done so many years before the words have deep meaning that I did not notice until this year. The songs make me cry in joy. I can feel the Lord touch me with so many of them. I feel the more I learn about Jesus the closer I feel to Him and I find myself growing deeper in my faith and love for Him. I would rather what I feel right now than all the riches of the world.

Inspirational Thoughts:

We should not focus on what others in the world around us have. Instead we should look upon the gifts the Lord has given us because He always provides what we need. We should not compare our struggles. Instead we should find joy in the lessons we learn and embrace life. We should be grateful for what we are given and we should be grateful we are alive.

Christmas is not about what many of us have been led to believe through commercialized brain washing to keep consumers buying while pulling us away from the true meaning of Christmas because stores make huge profits. Christmas is about embracing Jesus, love, compassion, finding joy in the simple things, and living in the moment, smiling, family, old memories and making new memories filled with joy. When a person finds Christmas they have the best gift they can ever receive. They have Jesus and a joy that can not be taken away unless we allow it to slip away.

Christmas should not be a season or one day, it should last the entire year through. I Praise Jesus for the beautiful gifts He has given to me. I Praise Jesus for allowing you and I to cross paths. And I pray for you that He gives you an abundance of Blessings. Merry Christmas.

Peace and Light

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Thanks in advance.

Kenny G Miracles
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