I sit here thinking about things. Thanksgiving was good but I sit here and I am thinking about my life. I am grateful for what I do have.

What I wish I had is more complicated. It's not really stuff I want. It is to be obedient to God's will and to have a sense that I'm on the right path. I'm not talking about Salvation but the everyday walk with the Lord we so need.

I went to a singles dance. The Columbia After Dark Singles Dance. I helped to set up so it was free to get in. We had dinner before the dance: Thanksgiving. It was Saturday night. I had fun and yes I did dance.

I would say that I was the youngest person there but there were some children.

I danced and I danced. My legs were tired by the end of the dance. I helped clean up, so I was among the last people to leave. I walked to the dance but I was able to get a ride home. We left there after midnight. Did I mention that I had to get up for Church the next morning.

It is not that I hate being single, it's just that I desire not to be single. Paul said that it would be best to remain single but if you do not have to strength to remain single then you should marry so you do not become victim to the temptation of lust. I am not one that can remain single.

The weather feels like Thanksgiving. It reminds me of Holiday movies. I'm looking for to celebrating the birth of Christ. I'm thankful for all God has blessed me with.

Rejoice! Sing Praises to the King!

Soon is the remembrance of the birth of the King Jesus Christ. Maybe, the 25th of December is not the exact date of His birth but it is not the day that we celebrate that matters but it is the fact that we celebrate the birth of the one that redeemed us.

Let us not get caught up in the World's idea of what Christmas is about, but what the Bible tells us.

Take time to read about that occasion. Don't forget that the story in the Bible is more than a story, it is the origin of Hope. Also when the Wise men appeared Jesus was not a newborn and they were no longer in the manger but in a house.

Celebrate the Birth of Christ and remember why He came to earth: to bring life to the dead.

I am tired from my work out, but I know that if I keep this up there will be a reward in the  end. Shouldn't that be the same way we look at our spiritual work out. I mean shouldn't our spiritual lives be lived in anticipation of the reward that we will receive in our eternal lives? If you live for the rewards of this world then you will receive a short lived reward since it will not last forever. If you live for the things that are eternal the rewards will be forever.

My goal is to live according to the Word of God and God's direction in my life: not considering the way the world would do things but focusing on how God would have me do things.