Christmas
it was good. a little quieter this year, but still good. i was so happy to not work it. it woulda been nice to go to the Christmas eve service at church, but even if i had planned on it, i wouldn't have gone cuz i was way too tired. it was nice to just be with family.
at dinner on Christmas eve, it's tradition that someone reads the Christmas story from luke 2. this year while my dad was reading it, my baby cousin (the most doted on baby of all time, i'm sure), was making little one year old noises, which was fine, but then when my dad got to the mary treasured these things in her heart part, my cousin started giggling and laughing out loud. it made me smile. mary kept those kinds of things in her heart, too - JESUS giggling at supper time, JESUS dropping his spoon on the floor (do you think HE ever did that on purpose?), JESUS squirming when she tried to hold him still when all the family got together for a special occasion. she didn't just treasure the 'o holy night' stuff. yes she treasured that cuz HE was fully GOD. but she treasured all the normal things mothers treasure cuz she was a mother and HE was fully man. wow. Christmas is just such an amazing thing. we can't possibly understand it. but i'm so glad it happened.
posted by melilotnfosco | 7:27 PM
4 Comments:
i'd love to hear mary's stories. it's no wonder she had trouble understanding His greater purpose when to her, He was the kid who dropped His spoon (on purpose), played tag with His brothers, and got in joseph's way "helping" in the carpenter shop.
and yes, baby cousin is the most doted on baby of all time (with good reason).
This year I feel like I'm understanding Mary better than I ever have before. I can't imagine how she managed to ride that donkey! It's always great to have kids at Christmas and imagine what Jesus must have been like. I think he wouldn't have quite the temper tantrums that Aiden has been pulling recently!
Those are good thoughts, and I wondered that too. Hehe but that also reminds me of a part in Tallegeda Nights (not a good movie, but has few funny moments) where Will Ferrel (sp?) prays before dinner and kept thanking and saying "Baby Jesus". His wife blurts outloud "He grew up you know" and Will says "yeah but I like the baby version the best".... ok so i took a lovely touching moment in Christmas history and turned it into 21st century media ad, but i don't mean it in a bad way.
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