You don't know when or where it will happen, it just does. One minue you're daydreaming about the movie you saw last night and the next thing you know the speaker's words just grab your heart and you melt into the moment. The rush spreads to your belly and flushes through your fingers, flows up into your throat, flashes red on your cheeks and finally puddles into the corner of your eyes. Yes, the sweet spirit happens.
Over and over again, I especially feel it during this season when my heart turns to the Lord, baby Jesus. I felt it when I held my new grandson. His alert wide eyes reminded me from where he came and with whom he had recently seen. I felt it in testimony meeting today as brothers and sisters shared their inner most feelings of the power of Jesus Christ in their lives. I felt it in the magical Christmas hymns that we sing every year. I treasure the memories of my own two December born babies, how their births meant so much to me. I rocked them in front of the Christmas tree and dedicated my heart to serving my children and my God.
Yes, the sweet spirit is evident in many earthly things. The kindness of a stranger, a newborn baby, a Christmas card, a choir singing, a testimony of Christ. I hope you feel the sweet spirit of Christmas in your life this year. And, don't forget to carry kleenex in your purse.
Sandra
