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.
