A few months ago, I was posed a question, “How do you plan
to spend the Christmas holiday?” I knew
this year, with all of its struggles, needed a change. Thankfully I have the best family in the
world who understood this need. So, we
planned… A Christmas week-end in one of my favorite places on earth, Table Rock
State Park in Pickens, SC. In the past,
we have rented a cabin for a week each summer but this was the first time we
had done a winter vacation. We spent the
first day, decorating the cabin. All the
mom’s brought tree ornament ideas… baked orange slices, gingerbread men, beads,
bells and buttons… you name it we did it.
However, it quickly morphed from making tree decorations to making an
entire “winter wonderland” cabin. With
homemade snowflakes hanging from every window, doorway and even the
ceiling. The kids snuck out of the
living room and created name placards for each door and even a “winter
wonderland” sign for the outside the cabin.
It said,
“Winter wonderland… but it’s warm and the decorations aren’t
real.”
It started me thinking… how many
times are our Christmas celebrations just like that? Warm and fuzzy for the world to see…. But not
real. I don’t want that. I want real, meaningful, authentic.
Sometimes the tinsel and the glitter
Are the seasons like a womb
They can hide away the savior
At the center of it all
Are the times that more like starlight
Burning in the winter sky
Are the curly, shining corners
To the holy land of lights
Beyond the noise
Behind the lights
Pass the chaos of December's not so silent nights
This time of year I find
A thousand signs that lead me to the child divine
I hold Him dear
In this heart of mine
I'm saving Christmas
In the house or at the struggle
We keep praying for some peace
While the old familiar stories
Calling out to you and me
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