When I was a boy the one Christmas present me and my brothers never
wanted but always got was socks. Every year under the tree there would
be a package of thick, white tube socks for each of us. They were always
quickly stuffed in a drawer and forgotten about while we played with our
real presents and enjoyed Christmas day.
In time, however, the
lights were taken down, the Christmas tree was thrown out, and only
Winter was left. It was during the cold, dark, long, snowy Winter months
that those socks began to take on a new importance. On those bitter,
windy mornings in January me and my brothers would be huddled by the
stove in my Nana's drafty old house hopping around while we pulled on
those thick socks to warm our icy toes. Nothing felt better than feeling
them thaw our frozen feet. It was then that I was thankful to Mom and
Dad for spending what little money they had on not just what we wanted
but also on what we needed.
As I sit here 40 years in the future
on a cold, Winter's day with warm socks on my feet I can still smile
back on those childhood days so full of simple joys. I realize too that
my Mom and Dad provided not just warm socks for my feet but warm socks
for my soul as well. In this often cold world they showed me the warmth
of love. They showed me that giving is better than getting. They showed
me that hard work can fill the heart as well as the wallet. They showed
me that laughter and smiles are more valuable than stocks and bonds.
They showed me that what is important isn't what you accumulate in this
world but what you take with you into the next.
May all of your
days be full of warm socks and warm hearts. May they be full of smiles,
laughter, kindness, goodness, peace and joy. May they be full of God's
love for you and your love for others. May they feel like Summer even in
the midst of Winter.
Warm Socks on a Winter's Day
Today's Bible Verse:
"They'll see that you take care of the poor, that you take care of
poor people in trouble, Provide a warm, dry place in bad weather,
provide a cool place when it's hot. Brutal oppressors are like a winter
blizzard " (Isaiah 25:4, MSG)
Warm Socks on a Winter's Day
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