Where are you Christmas
Why can't I find you
Why have you gone away
Where is the laughter
You used to bring me
Why can't I hear music play
My world is changing
I'm rearranging
Does that mean Christmas changes too.......
I did a little bit of Christmas shopping yesterday--to help put me in the festive mood, I turned the radio to play Christmas music. I have heard this song by Faith Hill a million times but this time, as the song played, I really listened to the lyrics. I must say it expressed exactly how I have been feeling lately. My world did change this year with the loss of my Dad and my life does seem to be rearranging itself. With my son grown, I do find myself reinventing --not who I am--but my role in life.
Oh I love Christmas --the lights, the music, the decorations, the excitement of little children--but I was just not feeling the joy of the season. Why couldn't I find Christmas this year. Then the thought came to me. Christmas is not in the lights, music, decorations or even in the wonderment of a child's eyes. If I was looking to those things --no matter how wonderful they are--to find the joy of Christmas I was going to search for a long time. On my way to church with a friend on Sunday, we passed the Creche displayed by the city of Pittsburgh. A beautiful reminder of the where the joy of Christmas is found--in the birth of our Lord.
.......I feel you Christmas
I know I've found you
You never fade away
The joy of Christmas
Stays here inside us
Fills each and every heart with love
I hope, as this busy season continues, that you will be able to feel the real joy of Christmas. The kind of joy that only Jesus can bring.