Hi,
Dad and I were sitting in Church listening to music - I had been struggling to keep the Spirit of Christmas with me this year. I had been non stop trying to catch up on cleaning and shopping and presents etc....it was hard even though I kept expressing gratitude to feel that love I was so used to feeling.
So I asked the question, it is your birthday, I want to remember you and give you a gift, specifically for Thee what could I give you....a thought came back to me of a woman I had known years ago, she had passed away, her son was in jail and I felt this kindred spirit asking me to visit her son in the jail. I could not handle others not knowing that someone loved them and was thinking about them...so dad and I went. We had a beautiful day and a beautiful visit, we had not seen this man in 28 years and he welcomed us as if we had been in his life the whole time.
One of my favorite things in the whole world is to connect - really connect to be real and giving, open and vulnerable and to communicate in a sincere and honest conversation and I realized that I went there to give him a gift but he gave us one.
It really is just another way of connecting with God. Merry Christmas Jesus! Where would we be without His love!