Its the Holiday Season!

Ahhhhh, wow the chilly air, the hot drinks that warm you up, the decorations on every street corner, and you walk into Wal*Mart through the garden center and you are hit with Christmas! While some think OMG christmas in November? I just absolutely love it! I do, especially when its cold! You turn on Sunny 98.5 and you get christmas carols and christmas music! I guess the reason I love it is because it puts me in the mood to give! I love shopping, it's wierd but I do! Especially buying for others who arent expectacting it! To see that joy on there face that they were thought of enough to get a walking penguin pooper, ( a toy that you wind up and it walks around and poops out candy ) ha ha , but this year, ohh man I have sooooo many to buy for! And I cant wait!

I am the type that puts the thought into like every gift, how its going to affect the person, the joy or what is this crap that they are going to feel? Last year's christmas was the hardest one I have ever had to face! My mom who is a total inspiration to me became really ill, and she needed help that we couldnt give her so she went to a facility for 9 days! It was the right thing to do but the hardest decision I have ever had to make! Before she went, I took her christmas shopping and she ended up buying things for everyone in my family! I have brothers that live in Birmingham and Panama City and I have a sister-in-law that lives in Huntsville! So we are close without being close!

Everyone came down to celebrate here after Mom got out of the facility which was awesome, but when it came time to recieve gifts, there was a little of a stink about it because my family didnt bring anything and yadda yadda yadda! Pride has a stench thats worse to me than burning flesh, and it really upset me! I understand the whole if someone buys me something oh I just have to go buy them something because I feel so guilty thing! GAG ME WITH A PITCHFORK!! If a person surprises you with a gift then they should know you dont have anything to give back! For crying out loud, are we supposed to be hoodini and pull gifts out of our keisters? Come on! But thats how we act, like saying thank you isnt good enough, we have been programmed not to take people at there word!

I dont want to be like that, I wont be like that! I dont give to make anyone feel guilty! God didnt give Jesus to make us feel guilty! He loved us before we could or even would love Him back! Jesus was given to us, His life was a gift, His death was a gift, His redemption was a gift that we can or never will be able to pay back and He doesnt expect us too! All He said was recieve! So this christmas if someone gives you a gift, recieve it and recieve from that person not only there thought of you, but there gift as well because what that person is thinking and saying to you is , you are a gift to me!