Christmas Day

Today is Christmas day and so many memories have filled my mind today. I think of Christmas past of when I was a little girl back home. Ok, folks it was not that long ago. Ha! Things were rough growing up for me but looking back at it now I can see the LORD's hand in it all. I as well as those I love have had hardships but something that the LORD is really teaching me and reminding me is his hand in it all. He was there in the deepest pit of my pain and he was there. I just had no idea that he was there at the time. It is because of those deep areas of the pit that the LORD used those times to bring me to him. If it wasn’t of my desperation for him I don't know where I would be today.
I have been thinking of those people in my past that so influenced me and thinking of them brings a smile to my face. Some of those people at the time I had no idea of their influence at the time but because of their influence GOD used them to help me to direct my life in the way that it should go.
So, on today… Today, I have had the greatest opportunity to work. Ok, a little of sarcasm there! But seriously, my life is filled with so much right now that sometimes I am beyond words to describe my thankfulness to the LORD and those of my family and friends. So today, hold your GOD close, baske in his presence, and thank him for the blessings. Even though life is tough and it is my friends but my GOD who I serve is good. With all of the blessings of life even with those times that are filled difficulty GOD's greatest gift was the gift of his SON. The greatest present I ever received was the gift of eternal life and his PRESENCE forever!