Thursday, October 26, 2006
white Christmas
i took this from a letter i was writing to someone. i thought it'd be interesting to share ^^
"I hope we have a white Christmas again. Thinking about it makes me giddy all over. It never too early to be excited for that time of year because it's just so heartwarming. Listening to the radio for Christmas songs, sleeping in during the holidays, watching the snowfall in the morning... such bliss. And you get to shop for presents for people! I think that's the best part, though it's hard to imagine what others want. Nonetheless, it's still exciting.
I still remember my first white Christmas. I was still young back then, around seven or eight years old. It was the second winter in Canada and I had accepted Christ as my Saviour. My parents had seperated already at this time and I was just so overjoyed about my newfound Heavenly Father.
I heard a lot about white Christmas's and how they're very beautiful because the first snowfall is on Christmas day (actually, it means that there's snowfall on Christmas day, not necessarily the first snowfall. I didn't know that so I prayed for what I thought was a white Christmas: first snowfall on Christmas day). I was so fascinated with snow so I prayed for God to give me a white Christmas. Even though I was only a small child then, I still had the knowledge that it probably wouldn't happen. Still, I had faith that God could make it happen.
So I prayed everyday and hoped that the snow wouldn't fall that day. When the first two months of winter passed by without snow, I was thrilled. Of course, right up until the night of Christmas Eve. I began to worry a bit because I thought that it wouldn't snow at all. There was only a few hours left until Christmas morning and I became very anxious. A Christmas without snow is worse than a brown Christmas.
Before I went to bed, I prayed a heartful prayer and just begged God to have it snow during the night. I was relunctant to go to bed and decided to wait until I saw the first flurries of snow with my own eyes. But then my mom, being the nagging mother she always was (and probably always will be) made me go to sleep.
I recall the gentle shake and the urging words my mom had said to me: "Wai, hay sun la. Nay tai ha, cheut been lok shoot ah!! (Hey, wake up. Look, it's snowing outside!!)" And my, did it snow. The snow was so deep it went almost up to my knee. I was so happy because God has listened to my prayer!! Not only did I get a white Christmas, I had plenty of snow to build my first family of snowpeople.
Because of this event that creeps back into my head so vividly every winter, I am reminded of how much God loves me. There is just no way I could doubt him because if I did, I'd be cheating myself. I was only eight years old and a white Christmas was not what I needed. God, being the compassionate Father He is, showed me that He does have the ability to provide for me what I want, even if I don't need it."
hehe, i picture telling this story to my kids when i'm older. we'd be sitting around the fireplace and just sharing our hearts on a snowy Christmas eve. =)
"I hope we have a white Christmas again. Thinking about it makes me giddy all over. It never too early to be excited for that time of year because it's just so heartwarming. Listening to the radio for Christmas songs, sleeping in during the holidays, watching the snowfall in the morning... such bliss. And you get to shop for presents for people! I think that's the best part, though it's hard to imagine what others want. Nonetheless, it's still exciting.
I still remember my first white Christmas. I was still young back then, around seven or eight years old. It was the second winter in Canada and I had accepted Christ as my Saviour. My parents had seperated already at this time and I was just so overjoyed about my newfound Heavenly Father.
I heard a lot about white Christmas's and how they're very beautiful because the first snowfall is on Christmas day (actually, it means that there's snowfall on Christmas day, not necessarily the first snowfall. I didn't know that so I prayed for what I thought was a white Christmas: first snowfall on Christmas day). I was so fascinated with snow so I prayed for God to give me a white Christmas. Even though I was only a small child then, I still had the knowledge that it probably wouldn't happen. Still, I had faith that God could make it happen.
So I prayed everyday and hoped that the snow wouldn't fall that day. When the first two months of winter passed by without snow, I was thrilled. Of course, right up until the night of Christmas Eve. I began to worry a bit because I thought that it wouldn't snow at all. There was only a few hours left until Christmas morning and I became very anxious. A Christmas without snow is worse than a brown Christmas.
Before I went to bed, I prayed a heartful prayer and just begged God to have it snow during the night. I was relunctant to go to bed and decided to wait until I saw the first flurries of snow with my own eyes. But then my mom, being the nagging mother she always was (and probably always will be) made me go to sleep.
I recall the gentle shake and the urging words my mom had said to me: "Wai, hay sun la. Nay tai ha, cheut been lok shoot ah!! (Hey, wake up. Look, it's snowing outside!!)" And my, did it snow. The snow was so deep it went almost up to my knee. I was so happy because God has listened to my prayer!! Not only did I get a white Christmas, I had plenty of snow to build my first family of snowpeople.
Because of this event that creeps back into my head so vividly every winter, I am reminded of how much God loves me. There is just no way I could doubt him because if I did, I'd be cheating myself. I was only eight years old and a white Christmas was not what I needed. God, being the compassionate Father He is, showed me that He does have the ability to provide for me what I want, even if I don't need it."
hehe, i picture telling this story to my kids when i'm older. we'd be sitting around the fireplace and just sharing our hearts on a snowy Christmas eve. =)
the butterflies played at 11:00 p.m.
-:-people in the crowd set 6 of them free
-:-people in the crowd set 6 of them free