Apologies

To my Dear Blog, 


This has proven to be a crazy holiday season for me, so I'm sorry I've neglected you this past week  I've been over whelmed with thoughts of many things that I want to share with you, and I'm working on something special to share with you before Christmas arrives. 


I pray that each of you are finding joy as the days pass by, that you are being blessed by the encounters you have and that God is in working in you life.


Last night I had to drive close to 20 miles to downtown Portland in work traffic to rescue my mom and her husband with a flat tire. We were blessed to have a very sweet couple take them into their home, fix them hot chocolate and visit with them until we could arrive, which was close to an hour thanks to all the traffic. You never know when someone, a stranger, could reach out and bless you with the simplest of gestures such as a hot drink and a warm place to wait.


For me life is lived in the simple things, watching movies with friends, lunch at Wendy's after Church with fellow church members (because we are to broke for anything nicer). It's about finding blessings in those little bits of time, and knowing that it doesn't take anything expensive or grand gesture to be a blessing. The words of a song that moves you, or a smiling at a stranger and watching them light up because you acknowledge them as a human being. 


They say this is a time of giving, ask yourself how you can give something that costs little to  nothing and yet would mean a great deal to someone and especially a stranger. To exert yourself outside your comfort zone and think beyond all the shopping and commercialism that goes with this time of year.


Go for it, and if you get a chance to come back here, share your stories with us of what happened, and how it impacted you, I would love to hear about it.


Blessings to each of you, and I will be around soon.
Coral