am so loving the december christmas vibe. not just for the whole present shopping, cooking, partying shebang but for that sweet, sentimental feeling of living through another year.
I love growing older because of the newness it brings each year to the way i look at things, live and love.
I always love the end of year feeling....a time to take stock of whether you are proud of what you did, what significant contributions you made, whether you have grown up...
...it amazes me that every year after 1997 when I became a Christian has been better than the year before in all the most meaningful ways.
One of my favourite songs from RENT the musical is the one that asks "How do you measure a year?" You can measure it in achievements, books that you read, money that you earned, cups of coffee....but the author of RENT suggested we measure it in love.
i agree some what but i want to complete the picture a little.
Measure a year in Love indeed. but not simple fluffy, easy love but the gutsy, tough, enduring kind that Jesus Christ advocated.
The kind of love that is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast, not proud, not rude, does not seek to please oneself, not angered easily, delights not in evil but delights in Truth.
The kind of love that always hopes, always trusts, always perseveres.
How does my year measure up in how much i loved my family, friends, strangers, students, enemies? Better than the last but definitely miles and miles to go before i sleep. :)
Always a sobering question to weigh out not just at christmas time but every single day of our lives until we see Him face to face.
Good news is that our effort does not matter as much as our faith that He can change our hard hearts as surely as He put breath in our bones.
Hallelujah, what a Saviour. :) May we never forget the true meaning of Christ being born into our silly, sordid world.
Current mood: sentimental
Current music: my friend's newly minted CD release!!!! "In a little while" by Hwee.
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