A Letter to God The Day Before Christmas

My thanks to my husband, Neal, for today’s post. This was his contribution to First Christian Church’s 2009 Advent Devotional and I asked as soon as I saw it if I could share it with you.

Neal graciously agreed, so here is his Letter to God.

Dear God,

I am so serious. Do I really think I am, or must be, in control of everything? Life has no joy or laughter all too often. It is deadly serious. Souls must be saved. The message must be preached. Focus. FOCUS! FOCUS!

Please be quiet, Children! Your laughter and silly games keep me from doing my work. Can’t you see this is serious?

You say you are children and this is what you do?

You say that to be a child is to run and play and laugh, to look up and see that the sky is blue and wonder why?

You say that being a child is going to sleep at night content that your parents have life under control?

You say that hurts and pains vanish in an instant with a kiss on the forehead and a hug?

Wait, wait. You say that Jesus hugged the little children. You say that unless I have that level of trust I am doomed to trying to do this life all on my own?

How amazing, yet how simple. The Christ Child brings back to us laughter and joy, hope and amazement. You say all we have to do is run and jump into his arms? How wonderful!

So that’s what the Child in the manger brings to us. He is indeed worthy of worship, of our best gifts, of laughter and jumping, of squeals of joy and giggles. Let us bring our hearts to Him this Christmas time full of joy.

That is truly one of the best gifts we can give to the Child.

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I've been an avid looker-at of books since I was old enough to sit on Mom's lap and listen to the stories she read. Once I learned to read and discovered the school library, I read every horse story I could find. I must have read Walter Farley's Black Stallion series a dozen times during grade school. I still enjoy reading the adventures of the Black Stallion and Flame and all the rest. But Marguerite Henry, C. W. Anderson, Thomas Hinkle and anyone else who wrote a story about a horse was also on my to-read list. I couldn't get enough of them. Then I found Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and discovered another world; the world of mysteries! More recently Dick Francis has combined my love of horse stories with my love of mysteries with his series of books. Frank E. Peretti, Joel C. Rosenberg and other writers now fire my writing and story telling imagination. I am, as yet, unpublished. I write every day, maintain painting and writing blogs, painting journals, writing journals and a number of other writing endeavors. Along with other members of my church family, I've written devotions for Advent and Lenten devotional booklets. For a time, I wrote a monthly column for the Newton Kansan newspaper. I still enjoy a good horse story but I also enjoy a good mystery or cozy mystery, suspense and a little bit of action here and there, as well as literary works. I hope, Lord willing, to try my hand at each of those genres, but if you pressed me to tell you what my stories are about, I'm most likely to tell you they're usually a mix of political thriller and Old Testament prophecy. The Old Testament prophets had a lot to say to the people of their day. They have a lot to say to us, too. It's impossible to follow the news and read Old Testament prophecies and not make connections. Once a connection is made, a story is likely to take shape. The never ending wellspring of ideas is often delightful, frequently overwhelming and sometimes frightening. After all, I know what followed the prophecies of the Old Testament prophecies. Can we be far behind...?

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