Boxing Day

Boxing Day was founded on December 26, 1663 
so as you see it has been around for a long
time. It took place in Great Britain originally 
and then the other countries  in the commonwealth 
celebrated as well. They would be Canada, 
Australia, and New Zealand that I  know of.
Though I  am  American  my mother  was born
and raised in Canada so for about 60 years 
she had family and friends over each year
to celebrate Boxing Day. 

It was a big deal for mom to  celebrate  Boxing 
Day and her life as a Canadian before coming 
to United States in her early 20s. Besides family,
she would invite friends over. She would make the
same dishes each year like spiced beef and 
scalloped potatoes. Everyone  found it to be
honor to be invited and come over since she
put so much into it.

I am not sure how others celebrate Boxing Day 
but if it is like my mother's they have a grand 
time. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Merry Christmas Everyone

 We wish everyone a Merry Christmas. 
A day of hope to celebrate the birth
of our savior Jesus Christ. 

A day we spend with family and
friends each year. May you think

of others who are less fortunate.

Pray that others will  come to 

know this savior. Amen! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Christmas Eve Memories

Whether they are recent or 

long ago we all have memories 

from  Christmas  Eve pasts. 

I remember from childhood 

as a youngster where Christmas 

Eve felt like a very long day

and especially  night. I had 

long nights hard to get to sleep 

waiting  for Santa Claus  to

deliver presents and having

to wait to open presents.

On Christmas  after unwrapping 

and seeing what we received the

family would drive to  our cousins,

Aunt and  Uncle in Seattle  where

we would unwrap more presents 

and having dinner.

Older in high school I  would  be 

in church choir where we stay

up late and go to church singing

carols in the service until midnight.

When my sister got married  right

before I  graduated from high school 

we would go to my brother-in-law 

parents place for some time on

Christmas  day to play games and

have dinner. This included a few

years when my sister and brother-

in-law had two  sons.

My sister and brother-in-law ended

up moving to Quebec so one year

for Christmas. It was a good time

visiting them , however it was foggy

and took us us three days to leave

Seattle. In fact we had to fly out of

Boeing field since Seattle-Tacoma 

International Airport was still fogged

in. We first flew to Dallas then to 

Montreal. 

Those are a few of many Christmas 

Eve memories  I have had. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

A Busy Time

The holidays  can be fun however 

busy at the same time.

Friday people  were out get things

for Christmas  as traffic was much

more busy than usual. The stop 

lights were no favor.

A goal over the next few days 

should be to gain one new friend

and meet up with an old friend.

Decide to see each other more 

often.

Merry Christmas and happy 

holidays  to all. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Friday Before Christmas

Here we are Friday with three days

remaining before Christmas.  Maybe 

you have remaining  shopping  to do.

Whatever gifts  to buy, cards to get 

out or more groceries. 

Today guests from out of town are

arriving or maybe you are going out

of town.  You have a place you head 

for Christmas each year.

Whatever you are doing  Friday may 

it be a joyous and loving day. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love For the Holidays

There are several forms of love.

There is lust as well which some

people consider love as well. 

This holiday season  we will  spend 

the holiday with some of the people 

we love the dearest.

The greatest love is called agape. 

It is the love God has for us even if

we don't  return. God has given us 

free will  to  love him or not.

Agape love is unconditional and

what we should give everyone even

if they don't  give it in return. It is

even loving our enemies. It means

we don't  like them very much. 

I see one good example of agape

love was the story of the good

Samaritan.  He saw a man in 

need and looked after him though 

he didn't  know him. The man 

was Jewish and the Jews didn't  

think  well of Samaritans. You 

could say they were enemies. 

In this story none of this man's 

Jewish brothers didn't  even stop 

and take care of him. So we 

should have love for others

we see whether we know them 

or not. 

Happy holidays  everyone.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Five Days Until Christmas

Here we are where we should have
holiday cheer.  Families  are  beginning 
to gather together.  For some, they
will do their traditional things. 

For some families, they may have
added a member in marriage or
a child.  Other families may have
lost a loved one or more and this
Christmas season isn't the same.

Most families will remember those
who haven't been with them for
a few or many years. 

There will  be others who will be
sad because  they will be alone 
with family far away. We hope 
they find friends and loved ones
to be with.

Whatever situation you are in I
wish you a Merry Christmas over 

these next five days. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Running the Race

In the New Testaments in the Bible  
two scriptures speak about running 

the race of life.

1Corinthians 9 verse 24 speaks about 
running the race in the manner to win
the prize. I  could say there should be
no other way. I  suppose to run to stay
in shape is a good  idea  as well but
doing so should be to win and cross 
the finish line.

Hebrews 12 verse 1 speaks  of running 
the race with perseverance that lies
before us. I  see that as our purpose. 

In Matthew 25  it is spoken of doing 
well as a faithful servant. After  our
final breath well running the race 
crossing  the finish line of life and
persevering  doing the purpose that
was ahead of us to hear the words
well done faithful servant. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Good Music

Early  Sunday evening  I went to a
Blues concert at the local university 
chapel. It was a very enjoyable time
with new friends.

The only constructive criticism was
the music was louder than I  liked.
Being thirty percent  less volume 
would have been nice  or listening 
from outside.

I  didn't  mind the volume of the
instruments as much as it was 
to hear the words of the songs.
Had the songs been familiar not
hearing the words been as much
the trouble though the singers 

had good voices.

I  am  sure the acoustics of the

Chapel had something to do 

with it. Not meant for voices

to be so loud. I  am sure every 

venue has it own way and they

set the volume the same.

Despite  the constructive criticism 

the evening was enjoyable and

nice to hear talented musicians.

The reason they are here for us.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

There Are Winners Out There

In sports there are those who have 
good stats. There are those who are
looking winners.

There are players who have right
physical size some are looking for.
There are others who have the heart 

of a champion. Who are you looking 

for? ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Good Friends

In life, it's nice to have good friends. 
Going back to  childhood we may
want to have a lot of good friends.

In reality, as adults, we know having
a lot of good friends or close friends 
probably be a limited amount. Why 
because  it  takes time to form good
friends.  

It doesn't  mean  we can't  have a lot
of friends, they just won't  be as close 
as our good friends. 

I like where friends  on social  media 
become good friends as well. They
may have been friends in school and
have become good friends now. They
go out for dinner or go over to each
other's homes. 

I hope this encouraging to have a 

good friends.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Be Surprised

Again I was surprised  in remembering 

a dream in some measure.  All I do

recall is going on a surprised  trip.

Not sure exactly  where though.

Made me think how many small 

towns along with some several

medium ones and a few large

ones in a day drive.

Going north there are a quite a

few small towns along with a

couple medium size if you 

consider two hundred thousand 

population  and three large cities. 

Seattle is the closest  large city 

being 45 minutes away  depending 

on traffic  then there is Vancouver 

British Columbia which is about

three more hours. Also their is

Victoria British  Columbia as well. 

It is West of Vancouver and you 

have to take a ferry.  Can take 

a ferry from Seattle to get there.

Many small towns in between 

you can see and visit too. Everett  

is the one medium city after 

Seattle. I live real close to 

Tacoma. Of course you can 

think all the cities  going south 

as  well or east or west. 

Travel for one day can 

be exciting. 

I believe every town or 

city has a story  to themselves.  

A purpose  the city and the 

people  living in them. A place 

to visit and see what they are 

like. Out purpose  can be to 

go there and see what we 

discover and enjoy.

You can go all over the United

States  to discover every  story 

and purpose. It isn't  just  in this 

county every country, city and 

town in the world  has a purpose 

and story  to tell. I  wish I  had 

the time to discover them. See 

how many I can go too. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Excited To Share

On Wednesday  morning at the gym

I  was chatting  with  an older gentleman 

and his daughter about classes. We

are in one class together  on Mondays. 

Anyway  I  was able to talk to them

about our life purpose.  They were

very interested.  I  told them  the 

basics and the Christian belief in

our purpose. 

The daughter asked before leaving 

if I can share sometime what I see 

their life purpose  is. I  said sure I 

can. 

So if you know anyone  to share

your experience  in  your life purpose 

I  recommend  you  share it. You can

let them  about this site too. ❤️❤️❤️❤️