It’s Christmas Eve and my family just finished one of our Christmas traditions – watching It’s a Wonderful Life<\/i> together.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I bet I’ve seen that movie at least 20 times. Probably more.<\/p>\n\n\n
Tonight Sarah said, “The older I get, the more I like that movie.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I had just been thinking the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n
When I was younger, I probably related most to pre-angel-visit George Bailey – with his simmering frustration over life never quite unfolding the way he planned in his imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n
These days I identify more closely with the wiser, more content George Bailey who has learned his lesson from his guardian angel, Clarence.<\/p>\n\n\n
Life doesn’t have to be wall to wall excitement and adventure to be “wonderful”.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Nor does it need to be devoid of sorrow, hardship, or conflict to be “wonderful”.<\/p>\n\n\n
Life can be “full of wonder” – no matter the circumstances – when you are focused on what you have been given rather than on what you lack.<\/p>\n\n\n
Christmas should be a reminder that we lack nothing. God has given His Son. We have all we need.<\/p>\n\n\n
And more.<\/p>\n\n\n
Enough to share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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