Dear God
help me to have Christmas
in my heart every day
so that I may give gifts
of summer dandelions
or winter pine boughs
and know joy.

Help me to see
a snowflake
or a grain of sand,
 a blade of grass
or a turning leaf
that I may know beauty.

Help me to hear
silence and church bells,
laughter and music
  that I may know
the sound of Your voice.

Help me to feel
someone else's smile or tear
that I might know
understanding.

Help me to learn
about different people
and religions,
different customs
and lands
that I may know
the width
   of Your kingdom.

Help me to receive
 Your gift of love.

~ Deborah Killip ~



Wishing you a heart full of Christmas
every day of the year.

Merry Christmas!


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