Comments on: Thankful Thursday: Free Will

By: Jason Pearson

Jason Pearson — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:16:52 +0000

I hope you had the Christmas you envisioned. This title caught my eye, because I have been doing a study on “free will”. I don’t own the Message, so I enjoyed reading your quote from it. Thank goodness we can freely choose to serve him–it’s not forced on us by anyone. thanks for sharing this.

By: ontario-college-girl

ontario-college-girl — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:07:05 +0000

Interesting post. Nowadays, we don’t really enjoy our Christmas anymore. It so stressful. We are always very worried and busy trying to get the best gifts. And that’s the reason on why kids wait for Christmas. That’s so wrong. The values of teaching the next generations about the real meaning of Christmas is disappearing.

By: MsDemmie

MsDemmie — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:19:22 +0000

Enjoy your journey of discovery to find your personal Christmas. I shall definitely be back to see where it takes you.

By: TigerTom

TigerTom — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:44:46 +0000

Just avoid the commercial part of Christmas as much as possible; it’s become a horrid celebration of consumerism.

Try to find a Catholic church doing a Tridentine mass at that time. _Christmas_ is good. ‘Yuletide’; the celebration of having enough to see you through the Winter, is meaningless now in this time of plenty.

By: Siddhaswarup

Siddhaswarup — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:21:38 +0000

Beautiful blog you have, and equally beautiful post that was.

I love Christmas time as well and am always happy to meet people who share my love for this time of the year which is– as mentioned– not supposed to be a highly stressful, commercialized time of year but rather a time of giving thanks to the son of God for having appeared and left us with countless blessings. In this world today where more and more people are condemning God and anything that has to do with Him, it’s a rare to find such pious people as you.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:36:17 +0000

Christmas already!!?? The past few years have been amazing for us as a family. Someone from our family would be on a mission trip in Southeast Asia for 3 weeks at Christmas. We would have our own Christmas the 1st or 2nd week of January. There was no pressure, no hustle bustle. We enjoyed our time of being together as a family and sharing deeply from our hearts. Thanks for sharing today. Bless you.

By: Lisa B @ simply His

Lisa B @ simply His — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:03:25 +0000

Ugh! I don’t want to think about Christmas cards yet either. There are quite a few family traditions that I really wish we could do without. There’s so many family members who want us to visit during the holidays, and I should be thankful for the family — but it can get to be a bit much.

My husband and I have talked about setting up a manger scene and putting presents under it instead of a Christmas tree. I’m sure we’ll have a Christmas tree — just maybe not a huge one. Who knows what this year will bring? Thanks for the reminder that time is flying by though! I’m sure it’ll be here before we know it!

By: Jenileigh's Journey

Jenileigh's Journey — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:54:19 +0000

This blog really touched me today. Christmas is so near and dear to my heart and I work to take all of the commercialism out of it. We have deep rooted family traditions. I am blessed that my grandparents are still living so we join in their celebrations and we so enjoy it. But I also know that one day soon those traditions are going to change and in my heart I have the same desire to spend Christmas with just my family just as you have described in this post! Both scenarios I have envisioned for my family! How neat to read them here. I am so glad that you have found thankfulness in your circumstances. God bless you greatly and thanks for sharing!

If you have the time would you stop by my place? I have a very special prayer request. Thank-you.

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www.christmasforallofus.info » Thankful Thursday: Free Will — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:40:01 +0000

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:20:00 +0000

Great post…I totally understand what you are talking about!! This year for Christmas we are staying home (no travelling) and spending it as a family here…I am looking forward to that!