Merry Christmas

I enjoyed a Christmas with Mom this morning.  She got a new laptop and a Boz Scaggs cd.  I got a couple blankets and some clothes.  Oh yeah, and a sweet surprise from Rob and Elizabeth that will be revealed on the tubing hill (or more likely at the Thunder Express with this lack of snow).  After church it's just a scattering of movies and basketball games for the rest of the day.

That's a box full of supplies from my church under the tree.

My favorite Christmas song is by Relient K.  Here are some selected lines:

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Because here is where you're finding me,
in the exact same place as New Year's eve
And from the lack of my persistency
We're less than half as close as I want to be.

And the first time that you opened your eyes did you realize that you would be my Savior?
And the first breath that left Your lips, did you know that it would change this world forever?

To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that what You did
That you were born so I might live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me

And I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day pray for You to save my life.
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Reading it doesn't do it any justice (Youtube Link).  I've listening to this song and reflecting on the season and the new year that will be following it.

Merry Christmas!