Kicking It at Christmas time

Christmas is here. Can you remember when you still believed in Santa Claus?

Can you recall when you were 5 years old, even 6 or 7? It was then on Christmas morning you could barely hold back your excitement. The wonder that came with seeing the festive bows wrapped around holiday paper? Christmas morning was the highlight of your small world.

If you try hard, maybe you can even conjure the vision of Santa putting packages under a decorated tree for you. It was a magical time. To be a kid and believe.

As adults, Christmas comes with a different desire. We ask for health. We ask for security in our jobs. We ask to be loved in our relationships. We wish for plentiful crops to feed our families. We ask for justice. We ask to love our fellow man. We ask for hope.

This year we can rejoice in world harmony. We can be glad that most of our soldiers are back from overseas. We can be glad that quiet reigns in the Middle East and North Korea and as of now, in this world – all is calm.

We ask His blessings to keep our country safe. We ask to ensure our Constitution thrives as we embrace the Bill of Rights. And we ask to continue to let freedom ring and there to be Peace on Earth.

Have a blessed holiday and may God bless us, everyone.

Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal can be reached at [email protected]