the pondering heart . . . look to the heart . . . 12/6/11

Dear Holy Friends,   On the long days, when everything draws your heart away from Christmas. Trials, sorrows, hassles all manage to break the spirit. Maybe it is time to just stop and reflect.   In his Grip, Chandra   Look in the Heart Is the hustle getting to you are things decorated, does shopping make you blue do you feel frustrated? Is the line long, mail too slow prices high, check small? Is it hard to let angst go, are you tired of it all? Then look to the manger and a young teenaged girl, riding the donkey, the dangers, the changes to her world. Think of the lonely night when the baby was born, the new star shining bright the visitors that morn. When the days crash in and materialism attacks, then we should begin to see what we lack. Christmas begins in the heart and spreads love to all, the joy only starts in a manger stall.   ~Chandra Lynn Smith, 12/6/11~