This Gift
Posted By Phylicia on December 23, 2009
One semester is finished… and I really can’t believe how fast it flew by. They always told me it would, but looking back it feels like such a long time ago that I packed up and drove down to Virginia, apprehensive about what was to come. Now Lynchburg is my second home, and if it weren’t for the family I have here in Michigan, it would likely be home.
Christmas is a great time to come home. The tree is up and so are all the decorations; there are a ton of sweets and things to eat; and here in MI, there is a white blanket of snow all over the ground. Today we are blessed with blue skies that make everything so much more lovely.
To lament my unfaithfulness on this blog again would be pointless, but I regret I haven’t kept up on it. I will have to schedule it into my day to keep up on it. Posts might be shorter, less detailed, and may begin to look more like journal entries.
Things have changed since I left home for the hills of Virginia. Rather than ‘teaching’ and ‘postulating’ in my writing, and I am discovering how very much I have to learn. So, The Quill will develop as I develop, and change as I do. And believe me, I have much to change! There is so much more in life that I have never seen or heard. There are people I know now I didn’t know existed before! Just think how many MORE people there are waiting to hear the truth, and to be touched by those Christ-followers who will take a moment to reach out.
This Christmas break it is my goal to know Christ better each successive day than the day before. He wants to know us that way. The only thing keeping us from him is ourselves… myself.
So this Christmas, may I challenge you along with myself? Seek God. Really look for him, listen for him. Ask to hear his voice and then be still to hear it. He wants to lead you if you wait to hear his directions. In the shadow of the manger is the beauty of the Cross… and that is a gift, this Christmas, that should never be forgotten.
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