Musings from Graceland

Christmas Love, 1 Corinthians 13 Style

My Five-in-a-Row pal, Candace, posted this timely reminder at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CandaceC/437208/ and I just had to share it with y'all. Now if I can manage to remember these things!

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights, and shiny glass balls but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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Love stops the cooking to hug the child.

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Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband.

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Love is kind, though harried and tired.

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Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

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Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way.

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Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

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Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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Love never fails.

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Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust. But giving the gift of love will endure.