Friday, December 23, 2016

4-phases of Santa Claus & Day 26 & Christmas

4-phases of Santa Claus
 
(Face of an innocent child): I believe in Santa Claus
(Doubting 10 year old, frowning): I wonder about Santa Claus
(Rebel teen) I don't believe in Santa Claus
(New daddy with a family): I am Santa Claus
 
(credit to Uncle Dennis of Cleveland)
 
 




Day 26

 

Mom’s beautiful music on the psaltery

 

 

Talent! Talent! Talent! A whole family filled with myriad talent---and I…have none!

Oh! I can play a “radio” with the best of them---if it’s plugged-in…or if the batteries are good.

But, I sure do enjoy my clan’s talent at work; there isn’t anything they can’t master.

Candy took lessons from little on; she enlisted our girls to “tickle the ivories”, too. Our Z. Tyler man took to sports and excelled in several disciplines on various fields and ice arenas.

Lauren plays the piano, violin, psaltery, dulcimer and a bit on the clarinet; Lexi can toot a tune on the flute, plays the piano and brings sweet notes on the psaltery and dulcimer; our Anna Marie can streak her fingers across the piano keys, strum a guitar and coax delightful toe-tapping music from the folk instruments like sister Lauren and cousin Lexi.

I presented Lovely Lady Candice Leah with a mahogany baby grand piano for a birthday. She plays the violin and the fustic folk instruments the girls love so much. Beth and Becky are accomplished musicians and our Lexli Lu dances up a storm with ballet, tap and jazz. All are extremely intelligent with pure hearts, a generous spirit and a focused Quality-towards-life!

Annie and Lexi, aling with two other classmates, went to the principal of their school to gain official permission to enter the building early on a Monday morning, the week of final exams before the Christmas break; Permission granted!

Why? They decided to give each of their one hundred and ninety-wo fellow classmates a surprise: A note of encouragement for finals taped to a Hershey bar for energy and good luck. Each student in their class got such an anonymous gift; when they had exhausted their classmates, they added the teachers as beneficiaries of their Christian generosity! Wow!

 What a fine tribe I find myself with; “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.”

Well! “Simple” people like “Humble-I” have to inherit---otherwise…we’d never get anything! There must be some “justice” or “wisdom” in there somewhere? I just can’t find it!?

Just “play-on” boys and girls while I search for some---redemptive…Salvation!

Amen!

 

Ah! Cookie Jar Sweet Memories!



Plus:




Dancing Snowflakes

 

Pursue pure pleasure comfort glove

Perceive God’s precious heaven above

Perhaps even emulate sweet Jesus-Love

Perchance Grace-glow white winged-dove

 

Live miracle-gift practice righteous good

In Faith offer Praise purpose-decide ye could

With Hope do Honor of manner as ye should

Begin Charity! Quite simple if ye just would

 

In minute actions search reality Grand

Can’t lead? Be good member of a band

Almighty creates versatile human hand

 Poor-soul rhymes coupled-inflections bland

 

Spirit! Hostage to royal elite arrogant-conceit

Honesty! Wins! Un-truth justly reaps odd-defeat

Humor! Sugar-Spice! Sweet life’s delicious treat

Humble! Deity-image Grace-compliment replete

 

Fortune! Happiness like gold is where it’s found

Faith! Personal! Profound! Private! True unbound

Family! Sweet life-blood by His Will holy-bound

Freedom! Well-worn trace of liberty progeny sound

 

For all simple events experience allowed be done

Adventuresome-wild south of bright high noon sun

Gentle embrace! Tender kiss! Alabaster full moon fun

Material treasure measured thin? God’s game! I’ve won!

 

Lamented-tethered to and in physical earth-time world

Drank beauty deep, horizon wide, fluff snowflake swirled

Beheld white oak; applauded leaf-Aspen golden twirled

Salute! Old Glory! Proud Patriot waves-display unfurled

 

From cherished Yesterday full-squeezed honey-nectar past

In virtue-Present enjoyed for just as long as it might last

For Tomorrow? Comes? Only know His lot is sacred-cast

To: Let go! Let God! Thy Will be done! To mankind vast

 

Amen!

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