Just wanted to say a few things

In the midst of our lives Jesus isn't just a friend but a healer. He is the man who came and was born in the most humblest of ways in a manger then died in the most humblest of ways on a cross. He will carry you when times are tough and things don't seem to go your way. This year Christmas was a busy time for me. I had A LOT on my plate. I was working A LOT in electronics and things just didn't seem to be going my way. The days were long and the work not easy, but it all worked out. A week before Christmas I was just praying for it to be over so the customers would be gone and then I could get work done cleaning and such. In my head I just wanted to write off Christmas, because it seemed like a moot point. I was very close to not putting up a tree and just saying who cares this year it means nothing to me. Then Michelle said some thing that hit me in the gut, she said "Why are you being such a scrooge this year"....and I thought about it. That isn't me, I am known for always laughing, smiling, and just having a good time. So in 3 days I gained back all my Christmas joy, because I realized what it is about. It isn't about the hot item, it isn't about then new game or game system. Those things are nice and it is fun to unwrap things and have cool new stuff. But it is about a baby some thing so simple coming into all of our lives to be born to die and to be raised. I think as people we often struggle to look at things that way. We forget what it is about especially those in retail, because we live in the Hell (for lack of a better word) that is the Christmas shopping season from Thanksgiving/black Friday-Christmas eve. 30 days total that we go into it for 5 days a week at least some even more. But remember what it is all really about The Beginning of our faith.

Another thought, we all have are moments of trouble those moments when we sin a lot. That is life we are all born with the innate ability to want to rebel from what we should do and we try to go along with what society tells us we should be doing. I wish I had the anwsers to say this is how you stop doing things like that but I don't. Some thing that helps me get through those times is this poem:

One night I had a dream--
I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord
and across the sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints,
one belonged to me and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in my life.
This really bothered me and I questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you would walk with me all the way,
but I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
"I don't understand why in times when I needed you most,
you should leave me."
The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never, never leave you
during your times of trial and suffering.
"When you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

~Bobby