When I was a kid, my grandmother ( whom I always had a tortured relationship with) told me to make a wish every Christmas Day because it was Jesus’s birthday. I would counter that he really should make his own wish since it was, you know, HIS birthday. She’d cuff me on the side of the head, tsk, and explain that on his birthday, Jesus granted wishes.
To this day, where she got this notion, I have no idea. It doesn’t say this in the Bible. Anywhere.
But, if I argued further I’d get another cuff, this one harder, and then be sent to my room, so I caved and said, “okay.”
Every. Friggin’. Time.
A hundred years later, and I still don’t know where she got this idea, but I’ve incorporated it into my Christmas morning prayers for decades.
One year I wished to lose 50 pounds. Didn’t happen.
One year I wished for a new car. Nothing.
One year I wished for world peace. No explanation needed.
Another year I wished for a puppy. Okay, got that one – Maple Leaf, the love of my life and the bane of my existence!
This year, I’d like to make a wish for YOU:
On this holy day of miracles, magic, and joy, I wish you:
Love – for you and from me, for everyone in your realm
Laughter – to get through the tough times and make the happy ones more enjoyable
Light – to always guide you through the darkness
Health – to keep you with us as long as God allows.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza from my house to yours. Make your own wish on this day. It just may come true. ( just don’t wish to lose 50 pounds, ‘cuz that one never comes true!!! LOL)
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).
Seems like it came fast this year, but that’s because I’m getting older. I used to laugh when “older folks” said the years got quicker as they aged. Now, I’m one of the older folks, and I’m sorry to say, it’s true.
Amid all the shopping, and cooking, and baking; during the wrapping, sending out cards, and decorating; holiday parties, and holiday dressing, let’s not forget the real reason for Christmas.
We’re celebrating a birth tomorrow. And, while any new baby is a celebration, this one was – and continues to remain – one of the most important and influential in the history of mankind.
This baby was conceived so we could be forgiven our sins; this baby came into the world to spread love and light and teach the word of God, his father; this baby was born to show us the path to everlasting peace and joy.
Humble beginnings, a poor existence, and then a tragic death. This baby suffered it all for us.
So, when you are opening presents and loving that new piece of jewelry or toy, while you are eating until your pants stretch angrily across your waist, while you are spending time with the people you love most in the world ( hopefully, lol!) remember this: a child was born, and gave up his life, so you could live that life, be free of sin, and spend your everlasting life in paradise.
I fully understand not everyone believes in Jesus Christ and I respect that. But this is my belief.
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Good luck and happy Tiktoking and reading over the holiday season ~ peg
Peggy Jaeger, Author 