The Reason for the Season

Merry Christmas Everyone--it's December 24th, 2008. Tomorrow will be the celebration of the birth of Our Savior and a sign of new beginnings. I was inspired to begin writing this blog by a friend who began writing his story a year ago with his best friend of 33 years and wife. She can't help him finish because she went Home during this year.

I realized when I read his blog how meaningful keeping a journal can be to staying focused and intent on what is most important in life. Over the years, I have been encouraged to keep a journal and love to write but just didn't see the point. After the encouragment and tangible result of my friends one year journey, now I do.

It's not that I don't love to write because I do. It is just putting to words the ups and downs that seemed pointless to me. Recently, I wished I would have started sooner as I am seeing that as Rick Warren so eloquently describes there are divine "purposes" to all things that happen in life.

I want to focus on Christmas today and share my family as that is as close to God as I know and depicts what I consider the true reason for this season. See once I get past my own head, I know I will start to enjoy this...