Christmas Traditions!

When I was a little boy growing up, our family tradtion at Christmas time was to gather at my Grandparents house on Christmas Eve. All my Aunts, Uncles and Cousins would gather for the annual party. We started out in the living room, but as we grew larger, we graduated to the basement of their house. My Grandma would worry so much about everyone getting there safely, that she would not go to the basement until everyone had arrived. This contiuned until 1989, when they both passed away. I think that Christmas was the last one where we gathered on Christmas Eve.

The following year (1990) we (the family) agreed to get together the Saturday before Christmas for our family party. My Mom and Two Aunts have taken turns hosting the festivities. I have to tell you and I'll be honest. It just hasn't been the same. We were meeting at a different location every year. And not on Christmas Eve. Myself and the two other oldest cousins had a really hard time with this. There may have been more, but I was only aware of the other two. As time went by, we adjusted to the new format and realized it was great to be able to get together with family every year at Christmas.

This year (2013) I believe was our 23rd year of this family tradition. I thank and praise God for the longevity of this, being able to get together the Saturday before Christmas as a family! God has been so good to us over the last 23 years. We have had some health issues, but we have not lost a single family memeber in all that time. On my mom's side. People have come and people have gone, but the core group of family is the same! And I thank God for that! For keeping us all together and a part of each others lives! Thank You Jesus!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Paul Walker

Why in the world would I write a blog post about Paul Walker, you may ask yourself. Well, it's not about Paul, but about his untimely, sad and unfortunate death due to a car accident.

It just reminds me of how short life really is. He was only 40 years old. I am 46, so not that far apart. It reminds me of how we should live our lives being close to and in relationship with Jesus. I don't know Paul's spiritual state, but I sure hope that he knew Jesus before he passed. That's just it, life is a blink. Here one second, gone the next. We never know when we are going to take our last breath, so I want to be right with God when that time comes.