Yesterday, we took the table over to the UPS store for shipping and sent it on its way to San Diego. It feels like one of my children has moved away from home. The shop seems so empty. I can keep the car in the garage ALL the time. It is just so...sad...
But there will be a reunion on Christmas Eve, when Jill and I will be flying to San Diego for a visit. We will be able to see our table and our grandson. Oh, yes, and we will see our daughter and son-in-law, too. Our other daughter will be there. It would be wonderful if Pat and Katie could join us as well, but they have their own Christmas challenges, with four families to juggle. Perhaps, next year.
In the meantime we are getting in the spirit of the Christmas season and reveling in the pure joy of celebrating the Savior's birth. What a miracle, to think that God became flesh and blood; came to live among us; taught us about how to live life as He meant it to be lived; sacrificed Himself through an ignominious death on a cross, in order to pay the debt for our sins and bring peace between God and men, so that we may come into the very presence of the living God; He was buried; rose from the grave and was seen by over 500 people; and then ascended to be with the Father in Heaven and intercede for us, knowing first-hand how difficult it is to be a human being.
JOY TO THE WORLD!! THE LORD IS COME. LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING. I guess I don't feel so empty, after all...
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