Sam and I were fortunate to grow up in a time when Christmas carols were sung in school and consequently not only do we love all the old songs, we even remember a lot of the words.
Last week Sam got a call from someone at our church asking if he would like some carolers to come and sing on Sunday night and he happily said, "Okay," and I was thrilled by the idea.
I must say that it was the little push I needed to decorate the house for the holidays.
Since neither of our children will be able to make it home for Christmas, I wasn't looking forward to lugging our 7 foot tree up from the basement and rearranging the furniture, so I had decided to decorate with a little 4 foot tree my daughter reluctantly left behind when she moved to Arizona. So, almost as a way to connect with her, we decided to put up this tree:
Well, on Saturday it started to snow and by Sunday we had about two inches. Because we live on a road that is not serviced by our township, I was a little concerned that the carolers might not make it up the hill to our house. Then, last night the carolers started to arrive - first one car, then two and a third came and Sam and I looked at each other with amazement when the fourth car pulled into our driveway. It was so cool - but the best was still ahead. The children, the singing, the fellowship, to have a house full of visitors, the look on Sam's face, the joy of celebrating Christ with other believers!!! Wow.
Little Hope sang beautifully and really embodied what Jesus said, "Mark 10:15 Truly I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. "
[As a little child - With the temper and spirit of a child - teachable, mild, humble, and free from prejudice and obstinacy.]
The children had hand-made a few Christmas cards for Sam and also presented him with a "candy wreath" and a poinsettia... it was very touching. We offered them brownies, milk and our thanks. Well, needless to say Sam and I had our socks blessed off!
Thanks to all of you who took the time to bless us this Christmas season.
[As a little child - With the temper and spirit of a child - teachable, mild, humble, and free from prejudice and obstinacy.]
The children had hand-made a few Christmas cards for Sam and also presented him with a "candy wreath" and a poinsettia... it was very touching. We offered them brownies, milk and our thanks. Well, needless to say Sam and I had our socks blessed off!
Thanks to all of you who took the time to bless us this Christmas season.
2 comments:
Sam and Maddy,
Thanks for the beautiful update - our house has the same air about it and glad the joy was heightened with your carolers. Our holiday spirit has also been dampened with the thoughts of not having the children home and in a way I feel bad that Deanna is so far away from y'all when she should be there to help you through all this. I do hope that things can be arranged so they are with us all. Our tree isn't decorated but working on it. Bill's surgery is this Thursday so please keep us in your prayers as we do for Sam's health and spirit. Our thoughts and Prayers, The Gleason's
All your pics are great. I am glad you are enjoying some of the holiday times. That is cool about the carolers. I pray for you guys almost every day. I like what Thelma said about rowing to the shore. I need to remember that. Hopefully some time when it is convenient for you I will come to see you. My school ends the 17th for Christmas and it is a zoo until then. Search team keeps me very busy but it is good. I will keep praying and looking at your blog to see what is up.
Nancy
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