Kathy and I were married on October 2, 1971, in Royal Oak, Michigan. After our honeymoon, we moved in with her widowed mother, so our first Christmas was there in Michigan. Kathy came home from work in late December to find a small, gift-wrapped box for her from me under the tree. And each day until Christmas, she would shake it and guess its contents. On Christmas morning, she opened the box to find it was only a screw rattling around inside with a note saying to look under the tree skirt for her present. And when she looked under the cloth tree skirt, she found a flat vinyl record by the Carpenters that had been hiding there since the little box had appeared. Got-cha! Often in life, the best things are hidden in plain sight. We are looking for happiness and joy, but they are not found in things; they are found in people … people that we see every day. We find happiness in our children, our mates, our family, and we find lasting joy in the dear Lord above. And one day, when we see the Lord face to face, we will experience the joy that we have been aching for our entire life! Isaiah said in Isaiah 64:4, “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.” Heaven will be beyond wonderful! And the dear Lord is preparing a place just for His own special loved ones! Hey, I can’t wait to see it! It will be better than any Christmas gift ever given! And it will be perfectly selected just for me … and for you!
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