If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.
If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.
If I work at a soup kitchen. carol in the nursing home, and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.
If I trim the spruce tree with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata, but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the spouse.
Love is kind, though harried and tired.
Love does not envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.
Love does not yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way.
Love does not give only to those who are able to give in return, but rejoices in giving to those who cannot.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Love never fails.
Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.
Author: Sharon Jaynes
Taken from Celebrating a Christ Centered Christmas
Have a tinseled Friday and a wonderful weekend!
Laura Carter and Charlotte Sullivan
Friday, December 7, 2007
The Christmas Version of First Corinthians 13
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3 comments:
I love this charlotte in the morning, i dont want you to do it just once a month, i really wish you would continue to do it everyday. Oh and i took your quiz but my score wasnt recorded i don' think. love ya,
teresa
I am still going to write Charlotte in the morning every morning Monday thru Friday. I'm going to quit sending the d-mail reminders every day. Don't want to bug everybody over this. Three new quizes coming up Monday. Charlotte
I am still going to write Charlotte in the morning every morning Monday thru Friday. I'm going to quit sending the d-mail reminders every day. Don't want to bug everybody over this. Three new quizes coming up Monday. Charlotte
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