HO HO HO

Dear Friend:

How are you doing? Have things settled down? Have you finished your "to do list?"

Does it really all matter? I mean, what you have left to do, does it really matter?

As I sit here writing to you there is my "list" fighting me to get up and "hurry up." Of course, it all seems urgent.

Here is the truth. Whenever I sit down and listen to my praise music, read scripture and write in my journal, miraculously I find out I have enough time to get everything done. Guess what? I get it done with a "HO HO HO." To me that means with the right Spirit. The Spirit of the one we are celebrating. I even stopped to take communion. Call me crazy! But I reflected on what Jesus did. He gave his body and blood for me. Communion is sacred!

"It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp" (Psalm 92:1-3 NIV).

My phone just buzzed twice. I have to look! It is hard to stop! Stop and pray and listen! People need prayer! I need prayer! I need God's glory to rest with me. It makes a difference. I always am asking "How can I make a difference." Answer: Spend time with God! That will give me the right frame of mind.

Music is helping me. I sang with my son and daughter the other day. Hilarious! There is this song I sang in when they were little. It popped into my head and we each needed a laugh and I sang "I love you in the morning,  in the afternoon, in the evening, all day." Guess what they chimed in with me! THAT'S THE HO! HO! HO! OF CHRISTMAS. I will be more spontaneous. Enjoy them! I will love those God tells me to love each day. I won't make it my mission. I want God to help me make it His mission. I mean sometimes I can go looking for a mission that God didn't even call me to.

PRAY WITH ME:  Holy! Holy! Holy! Are you Lord! Heaven and Earth are your creation. I reflect on your glory! Lord give me a HO! Ho! Ho!. That means love and song for this season. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.