Author Unknown
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| Anne and Jim |
If I decorate my house perfectly with red velvet bows,
strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do
not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.
If I slave away
in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and
arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my
family, I'm just another cook.
If I work at
the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home, and give all that I have to
charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.
If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted
snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata
but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband.
Love is kind, inexhaustible, willing to push our physical limits.
Love doesn't envy other's home that has
coordinated Christmas china and table linens.
Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of
the way,
but is thankful they are there to be in the
way.
Love doesn't give only to those who are able
to give
in return, but rejoices in giving to those who
can't.
Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes
all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. Video games will break,
pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust.
But giving the gift of love will endure. Merry Christmas!
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