Struggling Well With Life

I went with a friend to visit Shirley Maye, one of the founding members of Church at Charlotte over 3 decades ago, who is in a nursing home rerhabilitating from a broken leg. We thought we would take her some Christmas cheer, and took her one of the pointsettas from church.  She certainly won’t be home for Christmas, or any time soon for that matter.  She put it all in perspective for me this morning - “Christmas is not about where you are, it’s about Christ, and who you belong to”.  Aint that the truth.  She got a bit emotional as she told us how good God has been to her, and how deeply she has felt His love, and the love of so many others in her life. Going into the nursing home I had been thinking that this has got to be one of the worst places to be over CHristmas - but not for Shirley, for she has the right perspective - and reminded me to have it too.