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What is incomprehensible to our human brain is the mystery of Faith. The mystery of why a Father would send his only begotten Son to save the world, knowing full well the ultimate price needing to be paid. Christmas is the beginning of God’s commitment to save the world.
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When I asked our son (9), on a ten scale, how much he thought I loved him, his answer blew me away.
Of course, what adult wouldn’t want a 9, 10 or even an 11?
What do you think you’d get?
You know what I got?
Fifty.
Humbled.
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After re-reading yesterday’s post, I’m having second thoughts about whether to continue down this path.
Why?
Because it feels like it goes against being humble, and it feels very awkward.
What is driving me, compelling me, to want to share this, is so that you see that I have no special privilege or talent.
I just work really hard. Hard work is the only antidote to life’s challenges.
And even then, it’s not 100% guaranteed.
But one thing is guaranteed. If you don’t try, you will never know.
Are there things in your life that are difficult to talk about? Things that scare you to talk about?
Me too. But not as much lately. Why? Because of things that have happened and the lessons learned.
Namely, becoming a parent. And thinking about the type of parent a child should have, there are a few key concepts that seem all too obvious to practice well.
Being honest.
On our sunset walk the other night, with our Dog, our son and I talked about random things. Clouds. The sky’s color. The cold air. His “winter” clothing. Sounds we heard. Jokes. Junk.
And then for some reason, as we were turning off the road and through the woods to our house, I saw Carter, our yellow Lab (10), come following behind us.
“You know Carter’s not going to live forever, right? All things die. Carter will die some day. You know this right?”
It felt like the right moment to say that, mostly because of a recent conversation with a death expert.
This “death expert” works in Hospice and Palliative Care. She mentioned that her vision would be that everyone in her community would “die well”, not just her company’s “customers”.
It hit me in a weird, but glorious sort of way. Her honesty. Her frankness. Her ease in talking about death.
Eureka!
If we are aware and not too afraid, we can help Carter die well. We should start thinking about it before we need to.
Same goes for humans.
“Daddy, what do you want for Christmas?”, my son asked me yesterday morning.
“I’d like for all of us to enjoy the real reason for celebrating Christmas”, I replied without hesitating, and then paused, thinking, for a few moments.
“If we can do that, then any other gifts we might receive would just be a bonus”, I added as a followup.
“It would be great to simply enjoy the spirit of giving”, seemed to be my final answer.
And that about sums it up. Have you thought what you’d like for Christmas this year?
Odds are stacked against anyone actually adding any comments, but please know that you are indeed welcome to comment. You always have been.
PS. Comments aren’t why I write, and yet there is something colorful about comments that has the same effect as photos or video clips. A state change if you will.
And yet something a photo or video may never add – a sense of community. And isn’t that what Christmas is really about? Merry Christmas.