I AM CHRISTMAS

***********************************
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE.

***********************************

I am Christmas.

I am the wide eyes of a child at break of Christmas Day.

I am the somber look of an old man’s memory.

I am the holy look of Christ’s worshipers in prayer.

I am the glad, great cry of the carolers in the winter night.

I am Christmas. I have looked on the first star of Bethlehem. I saw, on the first Christmas Eve, three wise men. I felt the presence of shepherds in their awe. I perceived the Christ child in his crib.

I am Christmas. I have gathered many symbols around about me.

I have my fir tree from Germany. I have my yuletide from Jol in Iceland. I have my jolly old Saint Nick from the Land of the dikes. I have mistletoe from Celtic Britain. I have America’s own particular gift of commercialization.

I have the story of the Nativity from that book so close to men of all nations.

I am Christmas. I am the rustle of the wrappings from asunder on Christmas morn. I m the whistle of the toy train trembling on the tracks. I am the cry of the doll so real it almost talks. I am the family arm-in-arm, in transit from friend to friend.

I am Christmas.

There is no other like me; though you search the world up every river, round every bend. I offer an abundance of love and good cheer.

I break the back of hostilities for a spell. Even battlefields have become quiet for a time. And bullets have been traded briefly for the spirit of brotherhood.

I am the hope of the world caught up in one special day. I am the promise of something good in men let loose in a 24 hour period.

I am Christmas.

I am the miracle of a changing Scrooge.

I am the memory of a snowy village twinkling in the night. I m mercy with a “Merry Christmas” on my lips and a gift in my hand.

I am Christmas. And to each of you as I hold close the holy memory of what this day is all about…to you I shout out my merry greeting…and a smile appears on my soul as I pray for you and others in our Christian brotherhood…that reality that makes us one…our Savior Christ.

****************************************
BELOW are QUOTES FROM THE Rust on my Soul Serialization (each Tuesday)

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL below to reach this Wyrick’s Writings site
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/


“I want to do more than just live. I want to be alive. I want to sometimes stand on that mountaintop. I want a song in my heart that makes my own personal Hit Parade.

I want contentment that is more than satisfied nerve endings. I want to feel the stretch of eternity in my bones.

This may indeed be more than I will ever find, but “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”

*************************************

BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM tomorrow’s ONE A DAY entitled PARENTING

“There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.”

************************************