Sunday, December 23, 2007
The Child waits. Hope waits. Peace waits.
Just in the (St.) Nick of time! I found our family stockings, which had gotten shuffled around to the point of apparently missing, what with all the garage cleaning and organizing awhile back.
Whew. Our ER household Christmas is tonight "after the Pats game," as Bird has informed me. Let it never be said that ER fails to meet people -- even Yankee people -- where they are. :-)
Tomorrow, we are GTT to be with Dr. ER's side of the family, and the next day, I hope to see my good friend who is headed to seminary, to be personally blessed by his Christmas presence.
Prayer of Confession today at church:
Lord of Life, we come to the edge of another Christmas, and we are weary of shopping. We visit the manger in the imagination of our hearts, and we wonder what gift we ought to bring. We look around at the world which is "too much with us" and we ask for a truce. Let us put down our weapons, look one another in the eye, and begin to live differently. The Child waits. Hope waits. Peace waits.
Merry Christmas Eve Eve, Y'all!
--ER
Whew. Our ER household Christmas is tonight "after the Pats game," as Bird has informed me. Let it never be said that ER fails to meet people -- even Yankee people -- where they are. :-)
Tomorrow, we are GTT to be with Dr. ER's side of the family, and the next day, I hope to see my good friend who is headed to seminary, to be personally blessed by his Christmas presence.
Prayer of Confession today at church:
Lord of Life, we come to the edge of another Christmas, and we are weary of shopping. We visit the manger in the imagination of our hearts, and we wonder what gift we ought to bring. We look around at the world which is "too much with us" and we ask for a truce. Let us put down our weapons, look one another in the eye, and begin to live differently. The Child waits. Hope waits. Peace waits.
Merry Christmas Eve Eve, Y'all!
--ER
