Don't Stop Celebrating!

Just a reminder, don't stop celebrating Christmas yet! This is just the 4th day of Christmas, you should have received "4 calling birds" from your true love today...in ancient Christian tradition the 4 calling birds represented the proclamation of the 4 Gospels that our true love Jesus Christ gave to us. Get ready for tomorrow and those 5 golden rings! So grab your cup of cheer and sing a few Christmas carols...don't let the schedules of man force you to cut your celebration of Christ's birth short!

A northwest twist on a Christmas classic!

I'm dreaming of a wet Christmas
Just like the one's I used to know
Where the treetops drip
And children skip
To go squish squashing in the mud

I'm dreaming of a wet Christmas
With every Christmas card I get
May your days be windy and damp
And may all your Christmases be wet

Actually, today was pretty beautiful! Merry Christmas!

Light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm rusty I must admit. Several years ago, I could blog multiple times a day and always come up with something new and insightful to say; but now drawing up the words seem like trying drink a milkshake through a straw that is just too thin. I know that you don't want to read blogs about my desire or inability to blog, that would win the lame blog of the year award! I do have some thoughts...

1:15 from the total lunar eclipse. Supposed to be the darkest night in like 400 and something years. On such a night I can't help but to think about the darkness of this world. The sins and temptations that lurk around every corner; the sin and temptation that lurks within our own fragile bodies. The darkness that closes around us, that takes away our ability to faithfully traverse the paths that God marks out for us; the darkness that makes it impossible to see and know our God. We see this darkness in the world around us: broken relationships, violence, hatred, murder, lies, deceit, greed, lust, pride, arrogance...this is the darkness of our world, and if we are totally honest with ourselves, this is the darkness of our lives.

Yet, we do not live in darkness; the darkness has been overcome by light...the light of our Savior. Christ's light penetrates into the darkest corners of our world, the darkest corners of our souls and He shines with love and grace and forgiveness. His light breaks forth and reveals the love of our God who took the sin of the world upon Him and experienced the cold darkness of the grave. God's light still comes to man today; His Holy Spirit to illumine our lives, to be a light unto our path, to defeat the darkness in our lives and draw us to faith and life, to shine through us as Christians so that we can take that light into this dark world.

I did one of my favorite things last night. I drove around and looked at Christmas lights. Some say looking at Christmas lights are for children, and I say "yes, they are for the children of God". Because they serve as a reminder of the coming of the Light of the World on Christmas morn; just a glimpse of light, but a witness to the world that Jesus is come, and the darkness will flee.

Perfect timing on the radio, "Light of the world, you came down into darkness..." God is good, have a Merry Christmas!

Well here I am

Well here I am! This is a return sort of for me; it has been several years since I have actively blogged (first on xanga, then on myspace) when myspace went the way of...well let's just say, haven't been on there in like 2 1/2 years and haven't blogged since then. I don't know what inspired me to start writing this blog, other than I love to write and my life and my faith seem stronger when I have a forum to put my thoughts. I hope I will be somewhat disciplined about writing, but no promises (lol). What I do promise is to be real, to hold nothing back, to let the good bad and ugly come through. Of course right now no one even knows this blog exists, it is kind of out there in the middle of cyberspace; if I blog only in the emptiness of cyberspace, is it really a blog? I guess before I go much further, I should invite people to join this blog. If you dare to read my blog, you will probably learn a little about me, about the God I love, about my family and friends, about politics, sports, music, relationships, and just life in general...maybe even those mindless moments when all I can say is "Well here I am."