NO MORE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR
I WENT TO CHURCH THIS MORNING, FOR THIS IS THE LORD'S DAY.
THIS AFTERNOON I TOOK DOWN MY CHRISTMAS TREE. I HAD PLANNED ON DOING IT YESTERDAY, BUT DIDN'T GET AROUND TO DOING IT. I DID A FEW OTHER THINGS, THEN LAST NIGHT A FRIEND CALL ME FROM MA. AND THAT WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS ON THE PHONE..
IT LOOKS SO NICE TO HAVE IT DOWN. I ENJOYED IT, BUT IT IS JUST TIME..... THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT HAVE OUTSIDE DECORATION UP YET, AND CHRISTMAS TREE'S ALSO.
AT LEAST MINE IN DOWN, AND I CLEANED MY LIVING ROOM REAL GOOD TODAY...
I AM GOING TO SHARE WHAT I RECIEVED IN AN E MAIL TODAY. I HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT I ENJOYED READING IT AGAIN.
YOU HAVE A LOVELY EVENING AND GOD BLESS
A teacher I know became discouraged and wanted to give up. But
she knew she couldn't do that, so she took a day off and went for a walk
along the beach.
Feeling sorry for herself, the teacher began to think about how
the children at school weren't respectful and parents didn't back her up.
Her own children were becoming increasingly disrespectful, and she
and her husband were having trouble.
Suddenly, she heard a little girl's voice say, "Hey, lady! Come
over here and play with me!" The teacher tried to ignore the child.
But again the little girl called out to her, "Hey, come over here and
play with me!" Finally, she walked over to the child and said, "Why
aren't you in school?" The girl reached up and pulled off a bandana she had
been wearing. She was completely bald.
"I have leukemia," she answered. "My mom says if I don't feel
good enough to go to school, sometimes I can take a day off and just
celebrate life."
The child's words touched the teacher's heart. She picked up a
rock, and the two of them began to play the game of hopscotch. When
they'd finished, the teacher took the rock home with her and wrote on it,
"Celebrate life." She'd learned a valuable lesson.
Regardless of anything we face, life is truly a gift from God and
should be celebrated as such. With the Psalmist, let us say, This is
the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it
(Psalm 118:24).
