Everyone Has Blonde Days

The game show contestant was only 200 points behind the leader and about to answer the final question - worth 500 points!"

To be today's champion," the show's smiling host intoned,"name two of Santa's reindeer."The contestant, a man in his early thirties, gave a sigh of relief, gratified that he had drawn such an easy question. "Rudolph!" he said confidently, "and, ...Olive!"

The studio audience started to applaud (like the little sign above their heads said to do,) but the clapping quickly faded into mumbling, and the confused host replied, "Yes, we'll accept Rudolph, but could you please explain...'Olive?!?'"

"You know," the man circled his hand forward impatiently and began to sing, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glowed. *Olive,* the other reindeer..."

Wise Men or Women?

Are You ready for Christmas?  There re a lot of arrangements to be made every time Christmas rolls around.  And I think women are more aware than men of exactly how many arrangements are necessary to prepare for Christmas.

Someone once pondered the question of what would have happened the first Christmas night if wise women came from the East instead of wise men.  This is the conclusion.

The wise women would have asked for directions sooner,  and made it to Bethlehem on time.  They would have helped with the delivery, cleaned up the stable, made a decent meal and brought some practical gifts. (unknown author)

Reflections for Karan:

I promise myself every year I will get all my Christmas shopping done before December 1st, which I had accomplished only once in my life  many years ago, I was so proud of myself.   I hid the gifts so no one could find them before Christmas day.  However, I hid them so well I couldn't find or remember where I hid them. I didn't those gifts until we moved four years later.  I finally came to the conclusion I do Christmas shopping faster and better under stress, you know, when in panic, fear or doubt run in circles, scream and shout.

I was a little slow getting the Christmas feeling this year, and when things finally snapped into gear my to-do list was overwhelming. The Christmas baking I wanted to do, and the gifts I planned to make, just didn't get done.  I ran out of time.

TIME seems to be the one thing we long for, but never seem to have enough of. And when we get a few minutes we are usually too tired to enjoy it.

Julia Ward Howe said, “I am weary way down into next year”. That is descriptive of the way many of us feel---especially at the Christmas season. We become so exhausted that we miss the rest and peace that the Christ of Christmas can give us.

Our lives become so busy; we get worn out and have no time for friends, family or God. A lady once told me,” I ‘am so busy serving God, that I don’t have time for God”. What a shame, because God is the only person that can give us true rest and peace in the mist of our hectic lives.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Lovingly, Karan

 Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, and all is well.  God is in Control