of a wonderer

I am sitting here watching the perfect snow fall. My dog is asleep, finally, by my side. I am watching a cute Hallmark movie and thinking about Christmas.

I know that this is not the scientific date that Jesus was born but that does not matter to me. The idea that God, when considering how to change the world would send his son is so baffling to me.

Maybe more confusing to me is why God would want to save us. With each passing year I and each new person I meet I am in awe of the fact that people despise God. Even after everything he has done for us. God sent the gift of his son into a world that he knew would never appreciate him moreover even hate him. We resent everything he stands for and requires of us. We hate the "limitations" that he puts on us even though we can see, if we open our eyes, that without them the world is totally lost. We come up with so many "logical" ways that this religion started or spread that we totally ignore the fact that God is real and does love us even when we TOTALLY do not deserve it. Many people even claim to love God and "believe" in him and then turn around and live everyday in complete selfishness. No matter how people have represented God or Christianity or religion in the past, I wish that people would see just how pure this holiday reflects what God is and what he is willing to give to us. EVERYTHING.

I am not a parent yet but I can only imagine that putting your son in an environment where you know he will be scorned, hunted, disliked, spit on, for sure he wouldn't fit in, and even killed must be one of the hardest things a parent could do. But God loved us so much that Jesus was willing to come in the form of a baby totally dependent on humans, scary, and know that his whole purpose was to die for people who think only of themselves when he thought only of others.

Do we choose to make the world a better place or do we continue only after what makes US happy. Is there more to life than us striving everyday and dieing with loads of money and no one to share it with?

Truly as you think of the people that are wonderful individuals we think of people that give of themselves not the ones that make money and hide away in their hole.

Be the person to make a change in your world.

of a procrastinator.

So I had this great idea that today, Saturday, I would go out and get all my Christmas shopping done. Well guess what . . . the rest of the world thought the same thing. The parking lots everywhere were so full. People in the true spirit of Christmas were so rude. Like taking my spot five car spaces in front of their previous destination was going to save them so much time. Anyway, I did get most of my remaining gifts done and that is great. I also got myself some goodies. I am sure that is why women love to shop because they always find a little something for themselves too.

I am sitting here watching the Hallmark Channel. I am such a dork!! I love it. It is totally reminding me of Indonesia.

I have been trying to teach my dog to roll over. Tonight he DID!!! How exciting. He is a pretty smart little guy. I got him in the beginning of September. I was so ready for a dog but he was way more than I bargained for. He is a Cocker Spaniel and he was 5 months back then. His name is Oliver and he is every color brown, white, and even a little black. Super curly hair and long ears. He is pretty good but has loads of energy. I take him for a walk in the morning but now that the temperature is so low it is hard to get up the motivation to do what I need to. Oliver seems to love the snow but does the snow dance when he gets it in his paws. It's pretty cute. I wonder if I should get him boots. I am really not that kind of person, you know that has a whole wardrobe for the animal but he does have a winter jacket and one for in the morning with reflective strips on it. The boots might be a bit much.

I was invited by Caleigh to go to her "Cwismas pwogwam." So stinkin cute! So I went to the school Christmas program last night. They were great. Evidently they were pretty excited because Samara knew she had to clean her room but wanted to wear her dress so she asked her mom if she could clean in her dress. Ha I love Christmas time.