by S. Murray

Created on: October 15, 2008

"Time, Chosen Wisely"

The day was long and hectic as I rushed through work to get everything done that I needed to do to meet my deadline. Hopefully, I would get out of here in time to start on my Christmas shopping list. Time was not a luxury at my house. Everyone was usually in a rush with extra curricular activities, school, jobs, church and anything else you could think up. This is the first year that our granddaughter will be old enough to actually participate in Christmas and I was excited at the thought of all the great pictures and memories we will have to share. Money was tight this year and everyone's wish list had a budget attached to it. My kids asked me what I would like for Christmas and I truly could not think of anything that I really wanted that they could afford (or me either for that matter) so I just told them to get me what they think I would like. It was already the eighth of December and time was getting short. I did not even have the decorations up yet much less my shopping done. Someday, I will be so organized that everything will be done by Thanksgiving Day and I will not have to rush, budget or fret about all the silly things that truly do not matter.

Someone at work asked me; "If you only had one wish for Christmas that would impact your entire life, what would it be?" I honestly did not know how to answer that and I told them that I would have to think long and hard on that one and get back to them later. As I rushed through the day, running through the store to get food for dinner and some shopping done, it dawned on me that maybe I had been "wishing" for the wrong things and not "praying" for the right things. Is a wish like a prayer? I believe that our hearts "wishes" are our earthly desires and prayer can actually sort out what is truly good for us and what is not. What would my new Christmas list be if I could pray in the "things" listed on that paper?

Well, now that we have God in the middle of it all, maybe my list would not be slippers and a new night gown. World peace would be nice but the reality is that not all men are peaceful people. So, I have to make a list and only have one thing on it, what should it be? I realize that I suddenly had a mind full of selfish thoughts as I began to think of all the things that I could ask God to correct or "fix" in my life. Maybe he could "fix" my family and make them the perfect Christian people. There are no perfect Christian people and God does not fix us, he forgives us and

helps us

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