I waited too long, now it's Dec. 19th and I have a lot of shopping left to do. I tired to pick up a couple of things yesterday and spent most of my time in traffic and came home nearly empty handed. Below is a story I got emailed to me last year, very fitting for the way I'm feeling...
"This morning I heard a story on the radio of a woman who was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable. And after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the elevator with her two kids.
She was feeling what so many of us feel during the holiday season time of the year. Overwhelming pressure to go to every party, every housewarming, taste all the holiday food and treats, getting that perfect gift for every single person on our shopping list, making sure we don't forget anyone on our card list, and the pressure of making sure we respond to everyone who sent us a card.
Finally the elevator doors opened and there was already a crowd in the car. She pushed her way into the car and dragged her two kids in with her and all the bags of stuff. When the doors closed she couldn't take it anymore and stated, "Whoever started this whole Christmas thing should be found, strung up and shot."
From the back of the car everyone heard a quiet calm voice respond, "Don't worry we already crucified him."
For the rest of the trip down the elevator it was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
Don't forget this year to keep the One who started this whole Christmas thing in your every thought, deed, purchase, and word. If we all did it, just think of how different this whole world would be."
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Thankful Posts 2010
It's been a bit busy and I'm just getting around to posting my Thankful posts from November. It was a good exercise again for me. To be honest, some days were hard. I know deep down I have a lot to be thankful for, but some days I just was grumpy and struggled to write any thing I was thankful for. I fought through those feelings and posted something I was thankful for. God has blessed me with a great life with people I love and people that love me...what more do I need anyway!!
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Okay, I'm starting with a tough one...Day 1: I'm thankful for my tight jeans...that I have enough food to make them tight, we truly do live in plenty!
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Okay, I'm starting with a tough one...Day 1: I'm thankful for my tight jeans...that I have enough food to make them tight, we truly do live in plenty!
November 1 at 8:27am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 2: I'm thankful to live in a democracy and can vote today! I can also be thankful that no matter the results, God is in control!
November 2 at 7:25am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 3: I'm thankful that I live in a beautiful place like Colorado and I get to see the Rockies every day I drive down the road...I particularly like them when they are snow-capped!
November 3 at 8:22am · Like · Comment · Share
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 4: I'm thankful that God is in control!!
November 4 at 1:14pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 5: I'm thankful for books; books that entertain; books that challenge my thinking and keep me active as a lifetime learner. (and for the fact I can check them out for free at the library!)
November 5 at 10:05am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 6: I'm thankful for a beautiful fall weekend in Colorado and no snow yet this season! It will come, I'm just thankful it hasn't come yet. I'm sure we will get plenty!
November 6 at 12:56pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 7: I'm thankful the Sabboth, a day to rest and recoop from the week before and prepare for the week ahead!
November 7 at 1:26pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 8: I'm thankful for a house to clean and the 5 people that live here to make it dirty, I just wish the Kaboom worked as well as the commericals indicate!
November 8 at 9:54am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 9: I'm thankful for Christian radio where I get to hear songs like this. I love the chorus: You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You've been remade.
On the heels of an extremely successful debut, Tenth Avenue North is back with their sophomore release "The Light Meets the Dark," and it is songs like "You Are More" that confirm their place at the top of the contemporary Christian music scene. Enjoy this great song!
November 9 at 8:26am · Like · Comment · Share
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 10: I'm thankful for my husband's sense of humor! :)
November 10 at 5:02pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 11: I have to say I'm thankful for all the men and women who have and will serve our country so I can live in the freedom I do! Thank you!
November 11 at 1:53pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 12: I'm thankful for the promise of heaven for those who are in Christ! Praying comfort for my dear friends Sondra and Jen as they said good-bye to their mom yesterday. Love to you guys!
November 12 at 8:37am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 13: I'm thankful for Saturday mornings and no alarm to wake up to!
November 13 at 8:41am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 14: I'm thankful for my relationship with Christ. Without him, my life would be meaningless!
November 14 at 11:54am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 15: I'm thankful for the seasons of life. I'm especially thankful the season I'm in now allows for some time alone. Not sure how I endured the baby toddler years.
November 15 at 11:23am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 16: I'm thankful my back is feeling better and I have begun exercising again. It's amazing how much better I feel when I exercise!!
November 16 at 9:12am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 17: I'm thankful for the priveledge the Lord gave me in becoming a mother 12 years ago today. I'm even more humbled 12 years later than I was that day in the hospital! What a blessing Sarah Elizabeth is!! Happy 12th b-day!
November 17 at 8:24am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 18: I'm thankful that 8 years ago today I finished my last pregnancy, while it was definitely a blessing to be able to concieve and give birth (a miracle of God in itself!), I was not a good pregnant person...grumpy and fat, glad that's done, although grumpy still visits. But what really made it a happy day was we...
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November 18 at 6:39am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 19: I'm thankful for our son, sandwiched between two girls and two birthdays and is always such a good sport! Happy un-birthday to Isaac!
November 19 at 7:33am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 20: I'm thankful for Tony Horton and his crew! Without him I might be still caring around the 8 year old baby weight, either that or I might have eaten a whole cow by now on the Adkins diet!
November 20 at 9:26am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 21: I'm thankful for a quiet afternoon to myself...a break between the crazy birthday week busyness and my parents arrival tomorrow and Thanksgiving at our house!
November 21 at 3:53pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 22: I'm thankful that my parents arrived safely. Looking forward to our visit together!
November 22 at 3:16pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 23: I'm thankful for the time with family over the next 5 days...i think. :-)
November 23 at 4:17pm · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine Day 24: I'm thankful my kids get to know and have a relationship with their grandparents (on both sides). I never knew my grandparents and never got to experience visits, birthday and holiday celebrations with them.
November 24 at 10:55am · Like · Comment
Sherie Diboll Falkenstine "In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy." Henri Nouwen
November 25 at 12:16pm · Like · Comment
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