Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards, "Bah Humbug," some say… They cost too much, no one really reads them anyway… It's too expensive and takes too much time to send them."

Some may say those things, but not at our house, at our house we love Christmas cards. We love receiving them and love sending them. Granted in the present economic situation in our society we don't mail as many as we once did. But still they are an important part of our lives. Many of us have been forced to send an "electronic" greeting now, which is a great avenue of staying in touch, but I still cherish the old fashion paper cards also.

Each card, each letter, each greeting, (electronic or otherwise), has a message of hope, a message of love, they share precious thoughts and insights about our relationships. We love to get the Christmas letters that often come with the cards, because the truth of the matter is that far too often we just don't stay in touch with those we really care about. We mean to do better, we mean to call, write or visit, but as they say, "life interferes" with our plans.

Christmas cards may be the only time in the year that you communicate with someone you really do care about in your life. We are separated by years and miles from many of our dear friends. People that we love and truly cherish, but some we have not seen for years. People who have touched our lives and helped make us who we are today.

Christmas cards remind us that there is a bond of love and friendship through Christ that can never be parted. As long as we put Him first in our lives we will touch and be touched by others.

We have some old friends that taught us a lesson about Christmas cards years ago while living in Africa. They kept their Christmas cards on the dinning room table and each day when they asked God to bless their food they also chose one card and ask God to bless those people that day also.

Many of you have been a light to our paths in this life fulfilling Jesus' Words in Matthew 5:14-15, "You are the light of the world, like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house."

So in this electronic age my wife and I wish each of you a "Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year". And, May God Bless us Everyone.