Dear Lord,
As our extended family gathers here today, I am
reminded of a quote by the great thinker Albert Einstein, “Christmas is not a
time nor a season, but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the
real spirit of Christmas. There are only
two ways to live your life. One is as
though nothing is a miracle. The other
is as though everything is a miracle.”
Those words ring home and ring true for our family
this Christmas. Two individuals in this
room met 60+ years ago by a miracle.
They made a miracle of a commitment to each other and would go on to
have three miracles of their own. Each
of those three would find their own miracles.
Those three miracles would have ten miracles of their own. The family… This family would cherish one
another as Einstein as had said. Those
ten children would lose their most special miracle, but would realize that just
knowing her, just loving her was a miracle in itself. Those nine miracles would find their own
miraculous love of their life and they would have 20 more miracles. By simple fate, 60 plus years ago, one
miracle beset hundreds of others.
As we celebrate this birth of Christ, let us give
thanks for what you have provided and ask of our own eyes to see the miracles
that you provide all around us. The
miracles of goodwill, friendship, charity, love, faith, cooperation, and
fellowship. Let us remember to open our
eyes like those of our littleist miracles- our children. Let us remember that your hand creates
amazing acts of wonder all around us.
But most of all, thank that original miracle that
started this group that sits here today.
That miracle where a boy named Art fell in love with a girl named Charlotte
AMEN
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