Praise Day 349: Today I praise God for CHRISTmas Cards!

Today when we checked the mail, there were several CHRISTmas Cards! It is so encouraging to get cards that lift up the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Getting the cards with beautiful pictures and incredible scripture is a joy and a wonderful reminder that the birth of Jesus is the most incredible miracle performed! It is sad that Christmas has become so commercialized and often brings out the greediness that can come from deep within our hearts. Although it may not seem like it.....less, well.....it is more! The more we get, the more we expect, the more we expect, the more we are let down when we don't get what we expect. Is this really what Christmas is supposed to be about? Wow, I seem to have gotten off track, but I have to say that God has really shown me over the years what Christmas is really about! Christmas is about Jesus first and foremost! The beautiful, miraculous virgin birth with God as His Father! Christmas is about LOVE! Love for Jesus.....love for mankind.....love of family......love in every way, for God loved us so much that He sent His Son! Christmas is about family......not just family giving presence and eating together.......but about family and their love of God and their love for each other! Christmas.......well......it is just flat out about Christ, after all, it is CHRISTmas! I am so blessed with friends and f