All I Want For Christmas

Bear with me this blog did not get posted before Christmas.

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This time of year brings an array of emotional feelings, drives and responses.  But deep inside most all of us is a glimmer of “hope” for something for Christmas.  A few examples…..

Peace      Hope      Love

PEACE between those we love in conflict.

HOPE of seeing a long awaited dream come true.

LOVE to be increased, reciprocated and shared.

I was pondering this recently while thinking of someone who has need of intervention in her life.  She needs God to intervene in a big way, and soon.  I was trying to think of something to do for her for encouragement and then a revelation overtook me.

Those in a desperate state of “want” only want what they want.  There is an obsessive compulsion for the one thing.  They cannot see the difference in “want and need”.

So this came to my mind……

Since I am not able to get her the thing she wants…….Is there anything she could “receive” from me?

Her lifestyle and decisions have driven her to a place that she does not want to be and she faces the threat of losing those in her life most important to her.  The hard truth is that SHE is the cause of the problem but she can only see the hole where people are missing.  Man……how do you tell someone that EVERYTHING begins within?  EVERYTHING is subject to our thoughts/words and deeds.  How do you help someone who is drowning, blind and deaf to reality?

I was just like this woman three and a half years ago and I bet many of you can relate to her situation either in your own life or the life of someone you know.

There is a song, “Beauty From Pain” that I have quoted before by the band “Superchick”

“And all that’s left is to admit that it’s over, my dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made.”

The tighter we hold on, the more we lose.  And with closed hands and heart we cannot RECEIVE anything from God or man.  Let us all reflect and see what walls we have built and what must come down and open up to receive the good things our Father wants to give us…….especially if it is not what we WANT………..I promise He will give us what we NEED.

Every moment is a choice.