"CHRISTMAS AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE"

Hi folks, this is Two Texas PawPaw. There is something going on in our world today that a lot of us may have forgotten about. We may need to be reminded because it involves these United States we live in and it all started on the birth of 911. We need to revive this thought in our minds, especially at this time of the year. My poem this morning may help do that, it's called "Christmas At Grandma's House": It goes like this:-----CHRISTMAS AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE IS A FUN PLACE TO BE---THE GIFTS ARE HANDED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TREE---GRANDPA GOT A BRAND NEW TIE, GRANDMA GOT A NECKLACE OF PEARL---A NEW DRESS FOR AUNT MARGARET, A NEW WATCH FOR UNCLE EARL---LITTLE JOHNNY GOT AN ELECTRIC TRAIN, JENNY LOU GOT THE DOLL OF HER CHOICE---BILLY GOT A BRAND NEW COWBOY HAT, AND A NEW PAIR OF SHOES FOR COUSIN JOYCE---THEY ALL GOT A SACK FULL OF CANDY, APPLES AND ORANGES TOO---AND ONE MORE GIFT WAS LEFT UNDER THE TREE, WRAPPED IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE---GRANDMA ASK WHAT WAS THAT GIFT, BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW---EXCEPT GRANDPA, SITTING REAL QUIET, AND STARING OUT THE WINDOW AT THE SNOW---GRANDMA SAID, "POPPA, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT GIFT IS UNDER THE TREE?"---AND GRANDPA SAID "YES, ITS A GIFT FROM ALL OF YOU, AND ME"---REMEMBER WHEN I ASK YOU ALL TO WRITE A PRAYER AND PUT THEM ON THE TABLE IN A STACK---WELL, THEY ARE ALL IN THAT BOX NOW, FOR OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ---SO MANY OF THEM WILL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR, AND THEY'LL BE ALL ALONE---AND MOST OF THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME, WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME---SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD SEND A BOX OF PRAYERS, TO THE BOYS WHO ARE FIGHTING OUR WAR---AND THINK OF THEM EACH TIME WE LOOK AT OUR CHRISTMAS TREE TOP STAR---AND EACH OF US EVERYWHERE, EVEN ME AND YOU---TELL GOD ABOVE WE'RE THANKFUL FOR ALL THEY HAVE TO DO---AND MAYBE SOMEDAY SOON, WHEN THAT AWFUL WAR FINALLY ENDS,--- NEXT CHRISTMAS THEY CAN BE HOME, TO CELEBRATE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS---AND IN THE EVENT SOME DON'T MAKE IT, TONIGHT SAY A PRAYER FOR THEM---AND PRAY THAT THEY KNEW THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, AND THAT THEY KNEW JESUS FROM BETHELEM---FOR JUST A FEW SHORT MINUTES, THINGS GOT QUIET AS A MOUSE---AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST CHRISTMAS, THEY EVER HAD AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE:-----This is Two Texas PawPaw, signing off this morning with a thought for the day: Spend a full day in quietness. Sundays are great days to do that. Set aside at least part of the afternoon to be completely quiet, whether it be a few minutes or a few hours. Meditation is a lost art in this modern, hurry up world that we have surrounded ourselves with. Maybe its time we revive it. Not by endlessly repeating prior thoughts and prayers to get into some other frame of mind. Not that at all. Simply and silently wait before God. Read a passage of scripture and let it speak. Say nothing, just sit silently! Lamentations 3:25 says (the Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him).....The good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I'll be back tomorrow.