good morning syl. i am curious how u put those little verses with your name. i
love the way they appear, and i love them too. by the way, your welcome. i love
the list too.
juana aka speedie/wildcat2003
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From: Sugarsyl
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:43 AM
Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: forgotten at christmas
Good morning Juana,
My name is Sylvia, or just Syl, or sugarsyl, haahaa
any who, I live in Fresno, Ca, and enjoy our list. I warmly welcome you and
all the delis's's's's's's's'sious recepies!
thank you for this so needed message in today's "sight" of Christmas.
God bless,
Syl
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount
up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; and They shall
walk, and not faint."
Isaiah 40:3
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From: juana
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:15 AM
Subject: [RecipesAndMore] forgotten at christmas
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Forgotten At Christmas
Alan Riley
My father was born on this day- December 22. For his entire life, he was always
getting "combination" presents - birthday and Christmas. Every year on
his birthday, there weren't balloons and birthday streamers. His birthday
decorations were Christmas trees, Christmas lights and Santa Claus stuff. When
he did get a separate present for Christmas, chances are it would be wrapped
with... you guessed it- Christmas paper.
I remember him telling me how as a child he couldn't help but feel a little
cheated. People were so busy celebrating Christmas that his birthday got
overlooked.
A couple of years ago, I saw a cartoon in the Atlanta paper that really
touched my heart and made me think. It was drawn by Mike Luckovich, the
Pulitzer
Prize winning political cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
It showed a little girl with a birthday hat on standing in the middle of
a sea of gaudy Christmas decorations. The dejected looking little girl says,
"You know, when your birthday comes at Christmas time, people just forget
all about it."
Standing behind the little girl, looking equally sad, is Jesus.
"Tell me about it," he says.
Just like the little girl in the cartoon - and my dad in real life - Jesus'
birthday is all too often forgotten about because of Christmas. How ironic!
What started out as an observance of His birth has somehow morphed into
gaudy decorations, parties, shopping, songs about decking halls and jingling
bells,
and some vague acknowledgment of peace on earth and good will among men.
The real Christmas is remembering the greatest and most costly gift we will
ever be given. It is when we stop to take in the awe of the only child Who
ever chose to be born. It is when we stop to remember this child would soon
also choose to give His life up. For you. For me.
Let's purpose in our hearts that this year we won't get so caught up in
Christmas that we forget Jesus' birthday.
juana aka speedie/wildcat2003
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