This week things have moved a little slower. There has been no rush to finish our meals, instead we relish in our time together and take the time to talk about all the things on our minds. Warm holiday wishes are shared to all with our coming and going.

Small towns are lined with snow, car doors are left unlocked, and you enter all homes through the side door.

This has been a change in scenery and attitude.

This holiday has been much needed.

Looking around the Interweb I found this gem:

This is Casper, and this friendly ghost is holding his momentary pet, which happens to be my favorite episode. Growing up whenever I visited my grandparents I would spend my days re-watching a collection of Casper VHS's neatly stowed away underneath the TV. The fox episode was always my favorite.

This Christmas season I am traveling over the river and through the woods to visit Grandma and Granddaddy again. I'm a bit nervous about the hop-scotching across multiple states, more for the stress of my body than the stress on my car or mental state. I look forward to this journey. I hope there is snow and my own little fox waiting for me at the end.

Utterly honest

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:34-39, ESV

The other week a homeless man sat in his wheelchair at the entrance of a popular restaurant in the area. Cars would turn in from the busy street and would have to quickly steer away to avoid hitting him. My first thought, to be utterly honest, was "I wonder if he's here everyday?" all thought with a tone of who is he to expect to get free handouts daily. I was humbled with an answer: "Didn't you eat yesterday? Are you not hungry today as well?"
I bought his lunch that day.


Matthew 22:39 is weighing heavily on my heart lately. I love my self a little too much and I'm feeling convicted. What a blessing.