So I woke up first this morning (as I do every Christmas) kind of hoping that our house would be covered by a cozy blanket of snow (just for Christmas morning...not forever). But to my disappointment..nothing of the sort had happened. Instead I found a Purple Pansy blooming in the backyard. What a sense of humour God has...I hadn't received the snow I'd wanted...instead the gift was this defiant little flower, battered by frost and wind. It was surrounded by barren landscape, littered with reminders that fall had come and gone weeks ago. I laughed because this Purple Surprise seeming full of purpose... like beauty, and hope. It had the nerve to show up when the going was rough. I wish I could be that determined. Maybe that will be one of my New Year's Resolutions for 2007.
Thousands of years ago...another Miracle happened in a manger, and like the flower...God provided a miracle to the world at an unlikely place...at an unlikely time. I don't want to forget that during this Christmas season. When everyone around seems to want to get a piece of me (work, school, etc.) I'll remember the determination of the pansy, and I'll hang in there knowing that I've got what it takes to get the job done.
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