Noel

 

NOEL

Chris Tomlin

   Love incarnate, love divine

  Star and angels gave the sign

Bow to babe on bended knee

The Savior of humanity

Unto us a Child is born

He shall reign forevermore

Noel, Noel

Come and see what God has done

Noel, Noel

The story of amazing love!

The light of the world, given for us

Noel

Son of God and Son of man

There before the world began

Born to suffer, born to save

Born to raise us from the grave

Christ the everlasting Lord

He shall reign forevermore

Noel, Noel

Come and see what God has done

Noel, Noel

The story of amazing love!

The light of the world, given for us

Noel

Noel, Noel

Come and see what God has done

Noel, Noel

The story of amazing love!

The light of the world, given for us

Noel

Noel

My mom and I went to a Christmas Eve candle lite service with Drummer and his wife and their 2. my grands. It was a sweet time of worship.  They sang a song I hadn't heard before, or at least didn't recognize. It touched me and made me think about this season in general.  It's a very hard year for me.  I didn't want to decorate.  Nothing, it would have just been easier to do nothing, pretend it wasn't the Holiday season.  But when asked, I agreed that I wouldn't feel any better not doing anything.  So, we did some decorating.  We have a lovely tree.  It's not fully loaded but sweet, nonetheless.  There are presents for everyone and they are even wrapped before Christmas eve. There are some good spots.  My clients are very kind to me. We had some snow.  Which I love this time of year.  My mom made it with only an hour delay, In spite of cruddy weather all around the state. We have each other, we have plenty of food.  I even did some baking besides the pies.  We will make tomorrow a good day.  We really do have so much. 

Jesus was a prophecy come true.  A baby born of a virgin.  To become the King of Kings, a way maker so we can have an eternal life with our Savior. 

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.  

Peace

The wonder

 

The sermon Sunday was The Wonder.  It really has me thinking.  

As Christians we tend to go from the Christmas story right to Easter.  The people at the time thought Jesus was going to be their King.  They thought he was going to sit on the throne and rule the nations.  That was what they thought.  They had no thought of the cross.  The work that would be done there.  We only know because we've been taught that. 

One of the things that keeps running through my mind is the song by Mark Lowry. 

Mary did you know

Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
That your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

Mary did you know. Ooo Ooo Ooo

The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know
That your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the Great, I Am.

Mary knew she was a virgin mother.  But she didn't know about the cross. She knew what the Angel had told her.  She knew she had a baby that was the son of God.   Can you imagine knowing you have this baby that is going to be king of all? The worry all new mama's have.  The need to do things perfect.  To keep them safe, warm, fed, happy.  I remember those feelings, with each and every baby. The need is great in a mama's heart.  I'm glad Mary didn't know about the cross. That she couldn't see what was coming.  That she could just marvel at all the new baby things. 

I want to remind myself to stay in the present time, just today.  Easter is coming, but I want to revel in the joy of a Savior who's come to save. I want to cherish this moment, this season. The wonder of it all. 

Peace.

The follow up

                                             

Well, the cast is off, and the pin is out.  I wore 2 shoes out of the pin removal appointment. The nurse said I wouldn't be.  She gave me a post-surgery shoe.  When the doc came in, I asked if I could wear my shoe after.  She said sure, it's up to you. Challenge accepted.  It hurt like a dirty mother getting it on, but on it went.  I had to really loosen the laces to get my foot in my shoe.  The pin hurt coming out.  Doogie Houser said it wouldn't. I did ask her if she had ever had one done.  She smiled and said no.  Oh yes it did.  As soon as it was out, and she was done the pain stopped though.  It wasn't HORRIBLE but not fun either.  I don't have to have physical therapy.  My physical therapy is just walking.  Well, I walk all the time.  So, walking I am. I'm not allowed to hike yet.  Well figure that answer in January.  I did do something I don't want to repeat anytime soon though.  I was reaching for something and reflexively stood up on my tippy toes.  IMMEDIATELY gasped and sucked all the air out of the room.  Tears rushed out of my eyes.  OH man that hurt.  I thought, well at least the first one of those is out of the way.  I'm sure it will happen again.  

What is odd is that my ankle hurts/aches way more than my foot does.  It must have been the 7 weeks at a 90-degree angle.  Nobody told me about that.  

So outside of not hiking and not jogging, yet. life seems to have returned to this new normal that we have.  

So ends the saga of my foot.  Hiking here I come.  Well, as soon as the weather is better.  I'm a fair-weather kind of hiker. 

Peace