Reflections

I don't know what it is about the holiday season, but it has always put me in a pensive mood and made me think of memories I long ago filed away. Maybe because my heart is more focused now than at any other time on how much Jesus sacrificed to show me how precious I am to Him.

I love quotes. I have a collection of them I have gathered throughout my life. They are things I've read somewhere that struck a resonant chord within me and I identified with the writer or the feeling they've captured. I came across one around Thanksgiving that I had filed away and I found it fit the person I want to be so well that I used it on a plaque for my wall.

"Best of all is to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song." -Konrad von Gesner

He truly is the whole reason we celebrate this wonderful season. We would be no where good without His love and tender compassion. I love when it says in Psalms,

"As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him [with reverance, worship and awe]. For He knows our frame, He[earnestly] remembers and imprints [on His heart] that we are dust." (Ps. 103:13-14)

May you be blessed this Holiday Season (and every other season of your life) and I pray you will remember the times when the God of Heaven reached down and touched your life for your good and know that it was simply because He loves you so dearly.