Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Saying Grace and Torture

Today is Christmas eve. Just a few details to accomplish and most of the day is dedicated to family. One of the "details" is to make sure my nine and twelve year old boys get hair cuts. When this is announced to them you'd think the world was coming to an end. One even made the statement that it was torture having their hair cut. Needless to say we ended up having a fun afternoon, golf range, playing around and even got the hair cuts in. Then we all sat down for a family Christmas eve dinner.

As I said Grace, thanked the Lord for all our blessings, the thought occurred to me how thankful I am that the only "torture" my family experienced was on the scale of HAIRCUTS. What a Christmas gift from our Lord. We could be experiencing real physical torture, or emotional torture at the loss of a loved one, or the loss of financial security or any other countless means of "torture". We are truely blessed and that is one of the most wonderful gifts God could give.

God gives good gifts. This Christmas count those gifts and give Him honor.

Merry Christmas

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