Since then I feel like I have been in slow motion... I have stayed busy, but do not have a lot to share... it is hard to describe the treasured time of 'being' with those you love... it is not about accomplishing, doing, or not doing.. each morsel is precisely that... a time to be treasured, make memories, and be 'present'... and interesting that in this season of scurrying.. we talk about giving 'presents' also...At the beginning of the week, I had decided I wanted to do something different that would make a day a little easier for someone else... it was something that took time, but other then that was pretty mindless... as my mind was free, it began to ping pong around... I thought about different strengthens and weaknesses... I thought about how hard it is to develop different traits and skills that we desire to have... some of our 'gifts' are natural, almost instinctively apart of who we are... Yet others are something we work at daily only in reflection do we realize that there are micro changes in a world where everything feels so macro...
Being a college student, round two has given me the opportunity to have built in moments for humility due to being poor, fear of failing, uncertainties about the future, all of which are normal and natural.... really everyone needs to experience it for a time in their life... hard times create growth and strength of character in ways that can rarely be replicated...
With this time of year comes the desire to do more for so many .. and the feelings of frustration/discouragement because I may not be able to do, give, or even be what I would like to... it's not something I dwell on at great length ...but again it is natural to have those thoughts from time to time...
The practice of giving gifts may have originated with who are now known as wise men, those who brought gifts to the Christ child. Now, in our day, this gift giving practice may be to help us remember the greatest gift given to us that enables us to return home to a loving father... The gift of a Father who gave each of us, you & I, his son only begotten son as the ultimate gift which enables us to draw closer to him, and eventually return home. Thus creating and completing a most intricate plan of happiness...
I have loved two songs of this season that refer to gift giving and the connection of what I can do.... (even before these two videos were recorded)
