"There is
only one Christmas. The rest have been anniversaries."
~Unknown
Good morning!
This morning,
I thought I would keep things simple and just share a handful of
Christmas thoughts and and quotes to inspire your day. Merry Christmas!
"It is the one
season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in
sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and
just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel,
Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its
refreshment as the desert traveler for the oasis."
~D.D. Monroe
"I am not
alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course,
is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is
darkest, the wind coldest, the word seemingly most indifferent. For
this is still the time God chooses."
~Taylor
Caldwell
"Christmas -
that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so
intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of
nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but
always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of
everything we have ever loved."
~Augusta E.
Rundel
"I sometimes
think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into
it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year.
As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through
the year. And thus I drift along into the
holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find
morning and suddenly saying to myself: "Why, this is Christmas
Day!"
~David Grayson
"We hear the
beating of wings over Bethlehem and a light that is not of the sun or
of the stars shines in the midnight sky. Let the beauty of the
story take away all narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let
it be remembered as a story that has happened again and again, to men
of many different races, that has been expressed through many
religions, that has been called by many different names. Time and
space and language lay no limitations upon human brotherhood."
~New York
Times, 25 December 1937, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by
Maud van Buren, 1938, published by The H.W. Wilson Company, New York
"Christmas is
most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love
to those who need it most."
~Ruth Carter
Stapleton
"The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the
fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition.
Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than
hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus
Christ."
~D. James Kennedy ("Following the
Star" in Christmas Stories for the Heart)
"Late on a sleepy, star-spangled
night, those angels peeled back the sky just like you would tear open a
sparkling Christmas present. Then, with light and joy pouring out of
Heaven like water through a broken dam, they began to shout and sing
the message that baby Jesus had been born. The world had a Savior! The
angels called it "Good News," and it was."
~Larry Libby ("The Angels Called it
Good News" in Christmas Stories for the Heart)
Your affirmation:
I enjoy all the magic of today.
