Friday, December 7, 2012

The Christmas Memory Tree


This year it was hard decorating our Christmas tree. Neal, Amy, and their girls came over and decorated it for me. I was thinking how my Christmas tree is really a memory tree. I will probably never have a designer tree with all the ornaments and bows matching and  everything color coordinated. Instead I have a beautiful memory tree. A tree filled with ornaments that hang on our tree from year to year. So many of our ornaments have been gifts from people we have known through the years who have touched our lives. Each ornament has a memory or a story to tell. I love our tree and the memories that surround it.

This first Christmas without Jerry is hard. I was thinking about Jerry in Heaven. He’s celebrating Christmas with Jesus, the reason that we even have a Christmas day.

I’m so thankful for that little baby, Jesus, that was born over two thousand years ago. Who came to give us love and hope.


Luke 2:10-14

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.  And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,  Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
 
 
 
 
 

2 comments:

  1. I have a tree with many memories also. I am not the fancy tree type either. I still have the nail that you and Bro Jerry gave us. I hang it on the tree every year. It hangs there now and I remember all the good times we shared.
    Beverly

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  2. Our traditional tree is full of the most precious memories, I wouldn't trade it for the world. We have many from you, Jerry, and the Boys that hang on our tree and bring smiles to our hearts every year. Praying that God will keep you in his arms and bless you with peace and strength. We love you

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