If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.
If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.
If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love, it profits me nothing.
If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband.
Love is kind, though harried and tired.
Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.
Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way.
Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Less Than 20 Pounds to Go!
Hooray! When I went to weigh in yesterday, I found I only have 18 more pounds to lose. That is amazing. I look at myself in the mirror and while I can see how far I've come, it sure is tempting to say that I probably need to lose closer to 30. But we'll see when I get there. I certainly don't want to get into that trap that says I'll never be skinny enough and never have that perfect body that I think in my mind I should have. After being 74 pounds overweight, if I have a few little lumps and bumps, that will be OK with me!
So here's the big picture:
So here's the big picture:
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