A Random Attempt to Share Good News…
As I pushed my buggy down the ice cream aisle, I met a couple in their late 50’s with a small boy about 2 or 3 yrs tucked in the infant seat of their buggy. I love the Christmas season, and had been singing Christmas songs and making music to myself all day long. What else was I to do? You got it; I had an audience of three, adjacent to the freezers full of festive displays of celebratory foods…so…before I realized it, and quicker than they could escape, I began to sing to the little boy…“you better watch out, you better not pout, you better not cry, I’m telling you why…Santa Claus is coming to town.” Ok, he (like you, if you have ever heard me sing) wasn’t impressed, so I repeated my solo. This time, his scruffy older uncle and weary aunt, whom have raised their own flock but are now taking care of their feeble great nephew because he faces some health challenges of which his own family isn’t able to bear, began to sing with me.
In a few minutes the four of us were smiling, laughing, and the little guy was looking around hoping to spot a white beard in a red suit. The uncle and I traded a few stories, and I encouraged them with a genuine heart, realizing their obvious needs. Then, as we steered toward opposite ends of the aisle, and rolling back 15 years ago, I remembered each time Angela and I would see our three little miracles, Tyler (20), Nicholas (18), and Ben (16), climb into those high top buggy seats. With memories flooding my mind, I was reminded that life is lived once; there are no repeats, just new opportunities; that singing together makes a better concert; stopping in the busyness to intentionally encourage another just might work; that for those who believe, the white bearded red suited guy might bring a wishful smile for little and big ones alike; but the reason for celebrating this season of giving isn’t based on what we can get but what we can give while realizing God’s gift to us. Please join me in random and meaningful expressions of spreading the good news to all, in any forum you have, and in any way possible, even if you can’t sing in the Church Cantata.
I am interested in how others share the good news this season, so please take a moment and sign into this link http://tinyurl.com/Christmas-Cheer-2010 and tell your own short stories of random expressions of cheerful hearts. I will share these later.
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