Christmas Time

This Christmas was wonderful! This is the first Christmas I remember actually enjoying the entire day! There was no fighting, no arguing, no awkward or tense moments. Just good food, good conversation and fun!

This year we weren't with the Waugh side of the family.

Now don't get me wrong, I love my family. I really do. It's just that we don't have the "Hallmark movie christmas moments" like most of the families I know! It's always a bit awkward and tense. But we love each other, in our own special ways.

This year about a week or so before Christmas I went to an evening church service in town. The pastor there spoke an amazing sermon that touched me! He talked about advent and how it is a quiet time of expectation for the coming Savior. He talked about Old Testament times, when the people knew a Messiah was coming they just didn't know quite when. The expectation and anticipation they had of that coming day! I wonder what it was like. I constantly forget the true meaning of Christmas. I get so caught up in the purchasing of gifts for others, the Christmas events in town, the Bethlehem Walk, the Christmas dinner to help prepare and how to make things less tense at our family gathering. Not that those are bad things it's just that I forget that over 2000 years ago there was an entire generation of people waiting for a Savior. Truly waiting for Him to save them.

Bah! I don't even know how to word what I am thinking. I'm just happy that GOD came to earth and made a way for us to be with Him again. I also need to remember that there is another time He is coming! And that I should be anticipating and expecting that as well! Sometimes I get too comfortable here in earth. But this is not my home, there is a better place for me yet!! I need to remember to be in a state of waiting for the Messiah to come and get me!!

I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!

That's something new...

So yesterday I had to go to Saskatoon to the eye specialist again (for those of you who don't know that entire journey I plan to blog it soon so stay tuned!) What a scene! I have to drive almost 4 hours to Saskatoon (I also had to leave at 4:30am to get to my 9:00 appointment, grrrr!) then I sit in the waiting room for almost an hour. When I do finally get in to see the doc this is what happens.

He shakes my hand, asks me how I am doing and we small talk for about 40 seconds. Then he puts a flashlight on his head and picks up the little eye magnifier. He puts it to my right eye and says, "Look left...look right...look up...look down...look right again..." Then he puts it to my left eye and says, "Look right...look left...look up...look down...thank you." After that he puts down the eye magnifier, takes the flashlight off his head sits down in his chair and says, "everything is excellent, come back in a year and then after that if everything is still good I won't need to see you anymore." I thank him and walk out of the office. I was in there for maaaaybe 2 minutes! Crazy I tell ya!

Anyway so now I know what I will be doing December 15, 2008 at 9:10am...that's an entire year away! That NEVER happens to me! I rarely know what I am doing 2 days in advance! I don't think I have ever known a year in advance something that would be specifically happening in my life...I don't think! The real miracle will be if I remember I have a doctor's appointment a year from now!