Merry Christmas 2009!

"If as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things;

if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action,

when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi?

Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds?

Or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary?

For each one of us, there is a desert to travel.

A star to discover.

And a being within ourselves to bring to life"

--Author unknown

I posted this quote before, but I love its message. Every Christmas I try to sit still for a moment and ponder our Savior's birth and the person I am becoming because of Him.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to our Christmas baby, Michelle!