Great Joy!

Christmas is coming.. and I am not sure why but it seems each year I find myself further and further behind.. well.. I know why.. its because I have lost what it really means... I have been swept away again with the hustle and bustle of having to have things just so.. decorations "all" over the house.. (yeah I go a bit crazy) I mean who boxes up most of their belongings to bring out the christmas stuff.. this year.. haven't done that.. what little is out.. sends the message... Christmas is whats in the heart.. not whats under the tree.. or how your decorations are strewn about the yard... or that you have more then your neighbor.. or that planes are attempting to land on your roof..or front yard...no instead for me this year.. its going to stay simple.. its going to say.. "hey.. I love you".. I will pull out the decorations from years past.. as simple reminders.. of when the kids were younger.. when the "magic" of Christmas was sooo exciting.. it still is.. don't get me wrong..

I had a picture of an old victorian house..a Thomas Kinkade one..
Its a reminder of what was.. a simpler time.. when people weren't in such a hurry.. and they walked down the snow covered streets hand in hand.. waving.. saying hello..

I need to bring the quietness.. and the magic back into my Christmas..

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.