Seeing Stars

This year's Village Hope Kids Christmas program was called Star of Wonder and was an adventure through the eyes of several stars...let's see if I can remember them all...Falling Star, Lucky Star, Shooting Star, Rock Star, North Star and Super Star.  It was a cute way to present the Christmas story.  McKenna was Super Star and did a terrific job with one of the lead roles....this is the last year for her to be in the children's programs at church...life is like a shooting star!  Kenna, Kassi, Danielle, and Karly were all given a song to sing as the SISTER QUARTET that was super sweet.  Another thing that added to the sweetness was seeing a row almost completely full of people who love my daughters....grandparents....my parents surprising us and coming from out of town, great-grandma Phillips, Oma Helga, Savannah and Danielle's grandma, and their aunt and uncle.  There is nothing better when you are a kid (or a parent of kids) than to KNOW soooo many people love you (your kids).

I remember when I was little and couldn't sleep on the night before Christmas I would always look out my window.  I was looking for two things.....either to catch a glimpse of Santa on his sleigh or to see a SUPER BRIGHT star like the one that would have been above Bethlehem when Jesus was born.

What is it about kids and Christmas....or being young at heart at Christmas that is sooooo wonderful?!  I think it is about the all out BELIEF and the joyful HOPE we can have in our futures that have not yet been written.  The feeling that something good.....NO, SOMETHING GRAND is coming soon.

It's important to remember that even though we age, we are still children of God....there is so much more goodness in our future with Him if we desire it.  The wise men desired to find Him and worship Him and they were given a WAY to Him.  In the same fashion, GOD has given us a WAY to find Him through Jesus.  The child within us believes....the child within us has such joyful hope that the seeking is delightful.