WHY? What Were You Thinking?

I am sure by now most you of you who read this got Lorrie and I's Christmas card. If not look to the left for what you missed out on. Let me also clear up on small issue...This was my wife's idea totally, 100%.

I have received calls from friends and family ask pretty much the same questions... "What were you guys doing?; Why?; Where you at an 80's party?; or What were you thinking?" These questions were followed by streams of laughter. In fact my mom could not ask the questions due to laughing, every time she went to say something she just laughed.

That's it! Laughter! Sometimes you don't have to have a good reason do something. You simply do it, hoping someone will smile, laugh or benefit from it in some small way. I don't know how beneficial this card was to you but I do know that when people's lives are touched when they are given something out of love. I am not necessarily talking about a physical gift but small things like time, an ear for listening, an act of gentleness and understanding, an act of kindness, patience, a warm, heart-felt greeting, etc... I know it benefits them because you can see it on their faces. You can see it in their body language. You can see in how they in return treat someone else.

The beautiful thing about this card is the same beautiful thing about the gifts talked about above...You don't have to have a good reason to do it other than you just wanted to for a moment impact some one's life in a positive, make them smile kind of way.

What smiles, laughter, acts of love will you share today? It may not come in the form of a goofy, down right stupid Christmas card but be creative and you will find a way to achieve giving the ultimate gift.

At the end of the day God is still God and He is Good!