Living Life One Cheerio at a Time

I've been wrestling. I do it each year at this time. Wrestling with Santa. Do I keep up the pretense or do I tell them that he's not real? Well, this year week, I was overcome with the fact that I needed to stop the charade. We had never done a big deal about Santa. Never did presents from him, or photos or hoopla. Usually, Santa was just they guy we left cookies for on Christmas Eve. Sometimes we left oatmeal or carrots. Whatever was convenient. I was a lazy Santa. We've never done Elf on the Shelf or what have you...again, I'm lazy. Child number one hasn't believed in a few years. She just kept up the pretense. She would say something "Santa related" and wink at me. My little boy is real sensitive to the Spirit. He began questioning. He would say things like: "So Santa and the Holy Spirit do they talk?" "Do the elves work for God, too?" "Is the story of Rudolph real like the story of Jesus?" ...

Sometimes you just don't get life right. I mean in your own strength it doesn't turn out like you wanted. I was trying to take a picture of  #2 and I and there was just lots of things wrong.         So we tried again. Thinking this time we would get it right. And guess what...we didn't. You see we were blocking the  flash. It was the light needed to take a good picture. I was trying to do it with one hand. It just wasn't working. Yep, I've had days, weeks and months like that. Unitl I deciede to turn the camera upside down. and you know what its a great picture. But its upside down. It made us laugh, and laugh and laugh. Sometimes those are just the best moments. Nothing better than the laughter of a child. Life doesn't always turn out how we pictured it. Sometimes better. Sometimes upside down. But if you let the LIGHT of CHRIST lead then your picture is perfect no matter how it looks. Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your...