Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17
It always started just about…now. Being an adult is fun most of the time…except when the boss decides he doesn’t need you any more…or maybe when there is more month than money…or when you realize your kids really are smarter than you. But by and large…adulthood is pretty good…but nothing compared to being a kid. When you’re a kid, you don’t worry about bosses (besides your parents) or there being more month than money and at least when I was a kid, it was good to know that Momma and Daddy were smarter than me. Yup, I think being a kid back then, won almost every time.
And that is part of the reason I love this time of year…the time of the great anticipation. I know I’ve written about things like wish books before, but I just can’t help going back in time once again. They would come just before the first of December from all the major players—Sears, J.C. Penney’s, Montgomery Ward, and I think one from Aidens. The Christmas edition was always skinnier than the regular ones that came in Spring and Fall but that was ok because the Christmas edition was jam-packed with everything—Christmas. Decorations, clothing, and other gift ideas filled all the pages and of course color pictures of all the latest and greatest toys. I’m drooling.
I remember and I can feel and still experience the great anticipation. As I would flip through the pages this was one time I did more than just look at the pictures…I read all the descriptions of all the toys that I wanted Santa to bring me. I would dog-ear the pages, circle certain items and of course, start a list. I even went as far as to write letters…notes…to Santa and Momma and Daddy (I decided to cover all my bases) explaining how good I had been and the reason I deserved this toy or that. After all the work was done, I would wait…anticipating the great day—Christmas—Christmas morning.
I don’t know how Santa and Momma and Daddy pulled it off but somehow, they did. No, we didn’t receive everything we wanted but we received so much. And guess what? Many times, we received things, grand things, that I forgot to even ask for. It was an amazing time. Oh, to be a kid. Well, what if I tell you that those days aren’t totally gone? What if the great anticipation isn’t a distant memory but an everyday fact of life?
Well, every person who plants their faith in God’s Son has the privilege of calling God, Father. And what a grand Father He is—you might say He is a great, grand Father and oh yes, the play on words is intentional. You see God loves us so much, after all that is what Christmas is all about. And as a loving, caring Father He desires and loves to meet the needs of His kids. Does He give us anything and everything? Thankfully no. But what He does do is know what we need and supply those needs. It may come in different ways but regardless we can rest in the assurance that He’s got this. Bro. Dewayne
Grits with Grace 