Grandma's Christmas

We had Grandma's Christmas at our house this year.  That might sound strange to some of you but that is what it was labeled and I must say I liked it being called that.  I am Grandma!  You see it was the first time in many years all our children, their spouces and our grandchildren were all together with Doug and I for Christmas.  Actually it was after Christmas but it was still a celebration together.

We ate together, played games together, took pictures together and some of us even worshipped together.  We laughed alot.  Grandma's Christmas was fun. 

You know what is not fun?  Sickness.  Some of us ended up sick.  The flu struck.

It is never fun to have sickness at your house. Doug has the flu. I have read where many of my friends have been sick or had family members that were sick. It is never fun.


Sometimes we have to endure the bad to realize the good.  To be thankful for the good.

It wasn't fun for Jesus to die on that cross either but because He did we can celebrate the good------HEAVEN!

Noah

When Doug was getting ready for his by-pass surgery a nice man stopped by. He is a volunteer at the hospital that has been through the surgery and lets the patient know what to expect.  On this day he brought his grandson, Noah.  He wanted to see first hand what his grandfather did.  A few days after the surgery Doug had a visit from the volunteer.  He told us Noah had been concerned about Mr. Suggs so he came to see so he could let Noah know how he was doing.  This was special to us.

Last Saturday Mr. Nix, the volunteer and his grandson Noah and granddaughter, Ali stopped by our house.  This was such a wonderful surprise.  Noah got to see first had that Mr. Suggs was doing well.

After they left I began to think about the Noah of the Bible.  Noah was told to build an ark that would save him and is family from a flood.  Now there had never been rain before so you can imagine how this looked to the people watching.  Noah had great faith in God.  He built that ark even though the people laughed at him.  He and his family and lots of animals went into this ark and it began to rain. 

Now they were locked in an ark with lots of smelly animals while it rained for 40 days and nights.  Then even longer while they waited on the land to dry and for God to open the door.  That takes lots of faith, and patience.  They were rewarded for their actions.  For the faith they had in God.

How is your faith today?  When troubles arise how do you handle them?  Do you trust God to see you through them or do you try to handle it yourself?

Something to think about.