Ready for Christmas?

In between making lists, shopping, waiting on customers

at the shop, going to the grocery store, decorating....I am

working on this drawing of this house. (this photo makes

it look really warped?!) anyway, I am about half-way..

I will try to get it done by Christmas.

This time of year people keep asking the question: "Are

you ready for Christmas?" I don't mean to be a grinch or

humbug, but I am tired of hearing that. So I change my

answers; I either say a resounding, "Yes!", and then they

are green with envy. Or I say, "No, but I will be!" which

is closer to the truth. Or I say, "Are you?" As if any of us

is ever really ready...I think we do all we can do, and then

run out of time. And Christmas comes on the same day

every year...Anyway, I think a preacher needs to do a

sermon with the "Are you ready" theme. For afterall,

it is supposed to be about Christ's birth, and the chance

for us to welcome Him one more time. So, whether I am

ready or not, He is coming, and I look forward to His

arrival, His glory, and His Peace. To you, too!!

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