Today is the day after Christmas and I've settled down to catchup on my RSS feeds and thought I would post some thoughts in my Faith and Family Category.

Christmas is a very special day to me and my family.  It's a time of togetherness and time of thanksgiving as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and God, Jesus of Nazareth.  On Christmas eve we attended FC's Christmas Eve service and the whole family had a blast and good time of worship.  We got there an hour early and stood outside awaiting for the doors to open.  Here are some pics from Terry's blog and a news article from Dallas News.

In my reading today I came across a comment from Joel that was the theme of Ed's message during the service.  "God placed His present on the tree, not under it."  Ding, Ding, Ding.  Being of good holiday spirit and a good sense of humor, I'll close up with a quote from a famous character in history....Linus from "A Charlie Brown Christmas".  I tried finding the audio clip but it was nowhere to be found.

Luke 2:8-14
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.  And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.  And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,  Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.