So this Christmas I realized the importance of the season with far more relevance in past years. I also know now how it feels to have a Christmas in a place you that you truly feel as HOME... Growing up as a pastors kid that moves almost every two years you never get to feel as though there is a place that is "home." Sadly I felt only two places as home and now when I return to those places they still feel like home. The one would be with my dad's family in West Virginia and the other Camp Lex. A camp? Sure, for 17 years moving all over Nebraska, I can honestly say we spent more time at Camp Lex than any home we had in ministry. So it became home to me. I can't speak for my brother and sister, but some of my best memories are from my time on that campground.
But this christmas, something was different. I was blessed beyond measure. Yes, my wife and kids were with me and I had a LOT of snow. But, this was my first Christmas where I felt like I was spending Christmas at home! Even my time in the ministry there has not been one place that God had not spoken to me and told me that "this is just a stop on the road." Nome is truly the first time where I feel like we are not going anywhere. The place that I feel God has called us to without "the stop of the road of ministry." I didnt' realize how important it was to me until I read old journal entrees. When it hit me, I was filled with a warmth and security I had never known...
I hope your Christmas was as blessed as mine. And if you are just on a breif stop on the journey of life in a place, I hope that you to can get to a place where you feel like you are spending your Christmas at "HOME."
Blessings,
Mike III AKA: Big Daddy
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