Christmas memories last longer than greeting cards and are a blessing to share with friends and loved ones for years to come. (Especially while we’re making new ones.)
I’d like to invite you to listen to one of my favorite Christmas memories that involved a fervent prayer and a simple desire. I promise you it’s as sweet and brief as shortbread.
Delight yourself in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 ESV
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I thought I’d hidden
the desire of my heart
and buried it deep
within the dark
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But God helped me see
asking’s not in vain
as He brought sweet comfort
to ease my pain
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I then learned a lesson
about prayer at last
that I can fully trust God
and it doesn’t hurt to ask.
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Wendy ❀ 2015
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Merry Christmas Blessings ~ Wendy Mac
Here’s the podcast version: A Christmas Prayer
Do you have a favorite Christmas memory you’d like to share or post a link to?
I’m nosy-to-know.
Merry Christmas Wendy! 🙂
<3 Merry Christmas, dear Melissa. 🙂
My favorite Christmas movie as well! Wonderful memories Wendy, and an inspirational look at faith in both small and large ways. Merry Christmas my friend.
Thank you, Gene. I don’t think my husband has ever missed a Christmas without seeing it. Weirdly, after that night, the old VCR didn’t work anymore. It was meant to be. 🙂 Merry Christmas to you both, dear friend.
Thank you so much for reminding us that our memories outlast the gifts. My favorite Christmas memory was an intangible gift my father gave me almost 30 years ago. When I left as newly married, the day after Christmas, to move out of the country, he gave me a key to the front door of my childhood home. He said, “We will always be here and the door is always open for you!”
Over all these years, this memory makes me think of my Heavenly Father, whose love is eternal and whose home is open to anyone who wants to go there. The key is Jesus!
Thanks for stirring this memory in my soul! Merry Christmas to you and your family, dear Wendy!
Oh, Heidi, what a precious memory that is. Amen to Jesus being the Key! <3 I can't wait to enter the front door of our Forever Home. Merry Christmas from my home to yours.
A lovely prayer, Wendy. ♥️ Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year! 🎄 ⭐ 🕊 Love, Joy , Peace.
Thank you, Iris. 🙂 Merry Christmas, dear friend. <3
Thank you for sharing your precious memories!! Have a Blessed Christmas this year!!!
Merry Christmas, dear Becky. <3 Thank you. 🙂
A very special memory. 🙂
Thank you for listening in, dear friend. <3
A perfect poem lead-in to Christmas. The angel is so sweet.
Merry Christmas, Wendy.
Merry Christmas, dear Tracy. 🙂 Our garden angel greets visitors. <3
Wendy: Keep making good memories, and writing more good posts in 2018. Blessings to you and your family.
Same to you, dear Rich. Merry Christmas and blessings for 2018 to you and Mary.
I have a secret prayer that I’ve been hesitant to whisper in God’s ear. With this story as encouragement, I will. Thank you, Wendy.
Dear Sharon, it doesn’t hurt to ask. I came to the place where I trusted He would comfort me if His answer was no. Not asking didn’t reap me anything.