Since our family was scattered for Thanksgiving,
we missed our turkey and dressing.
We are, therefore, having a full Christmas dinner
tomorrow evening.
I'm telling you this to set up Perspective #1.
I'm making my famous dressing but had no interest
in cooking a turkey. I let Spring Creek do that.
So I went to pick it up a little after noon today.
Since I have become devoutly lazy, I decided
to buy Chick Fil A's tea also.
The CFA in Mansfield is adjacent to a Wal Mart.
The parking lot of said Wal Mart was packed.
I wondered how many (or how few)
of that mob of last minute
shoppers had any thought of what this celebration
is really about.
I'll have to admit. I was pessimistic--and sad.
And then I went to the Christmas Eve service
at my beloved Fielder Church.
There I received a whole new Perspective #2.
And there I was surrounded by a mob of believers
in the "Infinite Infant" Jesus!
We sang, we inhaled the gospel, and we
worshiped together.
We also celebrated the coming of the Light to this
world by lighting candles, beginning with
one flicker of flame.
I wish I could show you a picture.
It was beautiful as we held our candles high and
sang "Silent Night."
Better yet, I wish you had been there.
The perspective I left with is life changing.
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