No sense waking the boys. I have errands to run, and they will not be up until after noon. I am looking for advent wreaths to send my sons who live far from me. Somehow I thought Target or Walmarts would have the candles. Why would I assume they would have supplies for a Christian tradition? I do find the white pillar candle for the Christ candle, but I will have to go to a Christian bookstore for the special holders and the right colors of candles. Purple and pink tapers are not easy to find.
How grateful I am that we live in a country where religious freedom is allowed. I am free to attend the church of my choice, to pray as I believe, to celebrate the traditions of my faith, to purchase Christian accouterments, to read my Bible - to own as many Bibles as I wish. I am free to talk with others about my faith, to read books by other Christians, to sing music with Christian texts. How fortunate is that!
I am grateful for all the many people who prayed for me during my cancer battle. What a difference it made, both in how treatments went and in my sense of the closeness of God when I was facing challenges that were greater than I could handle - and even during the ones that I arrogantly thought I could deal with on my own.
I do find what I want at the Christian bookstore, and with Kiel's help, I mail the advent wreath holders and candles to my sons along with an Advent devotional book written by people in the Community of the Savior church where I attend when I am not directing music at the United Methodist Church. I pack prayers into the box that my sons and their families will sense the peace of God this advent season. I pray the same for you. We are indeed most blessed.
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