Merry Christmas Eve with a few of my favorite things

My Merry Christmas Eve included a few of my favorite things: fishing with Gene (even if only one of us caught one of them; but he did let me take the picture of him in the Santa hat!); candlelight Christmas Eve communion and carols service with family and friends; then a little Christmas kitty time. Now we’re listening to the Dallas Symphony on TV at Mom’s. It’s still hard for me to know how to keep the focus on the reason for the season — God’s great gift of love and salvation — when I’m not in church or singing carols. God knows my heart; I pray and trust He is using me for His purposes. My prayer is that we all may receive God’s gift of salvation through Christ and respond in love and gratitude.