the birthday of a king

cant believe its like in 4 days time
where did the last 361 days fly to?

i miss the christmas[es] of last time
when the christmas tree in my home was set up on dec 1st
the struggle to fit the leaves into the hooks and upfold them nicely
the quest to hang the various ornaments all over equally
the fun in twirling the string of lights round and round the tree
all done with little clumsy but eager hands
and kids who were too short to reach the top

i think the tree has been nelgected for at least the past 5 years
the magic of the tree has disappeared
i still remember the the piles of presents under it
well..with four kids in the house..they pile up pretty quickly:)
along the years, big boxes were replaced with little packages
and little packages replaced with red packets of money
our christmas presents that used to overflow the space under the tree
now fit into a medium sized plastic bag

ok christmas aint all abt all that
its the birthday of a king:)
a king who came with a purpose to fulfil
a king who owns the whole world but gave his life for it
a king who loves
a king who saves
although gifts and cards are always nice:) [from agnes]

i think many of us have the tendency to isolate both important events
christmas and easter
during christmas all everyone talks about is the nativity story
and during easter, the whole redeeming story
but it doesnt work this way
they cannot be 2 seperate events to be celebrated alone
christmas is special because of what was going to be done on easter
easter is special because it was already purposed from christmas
and of cos because of who is the reason for both days
which explains why i LOVE "the servant king" so much
its like my permanent number 1 on the billboard hits
it ties the Christ story together so beautifully

Lord i love you oh yes i really do
each time i think of you my heart is filled with praise
Lord i need you oh yes i really do
like the air that i breathe, you are everything to me

oh yes i really do