To All,
A MERRY CHRISTMAS, TO ALL A GOOD LIGHT!
I am glad to say that I have grown up to be a man that is not afraid nor ashamed to say that "the Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want...
I have talked to many and while the desires of most are desires I share, I still want for nothing save a mind with full knowledge, a heart full of understanding and desires led by the spirit. Why do I wish for these things above all else? Why not money, a woman or fame among men? Because in the things I seek to possess, I will become known, understood and desired by even those who do not know me...It is in the use of knowledge, understanding and desire driven by God that a person becomes the best that they can be because they naturally give those simple things rather than seek to constantly receive! It is in giving without concern for return that one sees miracle after miracle as the spirit returns what you have not asked for. Want to be blessed, then bless another and walk away! God gave us the ultimate gift which we celebrate on this day, the new born child born in a stable of animals...How many of you know that this says that the new born spirit in the man reborn is born in the middle of his animals, his faults, his shortcomings....Anyone who tells you that you have to be clean before the spirit of God will enter in is a liar and the truth is not in them...God does not lie and this, like everything else tells the truth of a new life given for free...Recognize his freely given gift today and give freely of yourself to others...for where you received from there is plenty more! God Bless you!
Shelton

SEASON OF REASON

As I look out from warmth that heateth my home
I see gray cold sadness of winter outside on the roam
Pine scent to cinnamon from Christmas sentiments galore
Could blind me to what the spirit of God has in store

I see the cold snow yet I know in my soul
It is just a shadow of life frozen that I have known
And, the warm festive atmosphere that glows in my house
Is a reflection of my heart the spirit of love takes for spouse

Though I sit, say I’m lonely, I know its not true
The Lord of all has blessed me sure as morning does dew
Presents under tree, friends and family deck my hall
But, the reason for this season is the presence over all

The silence of night is when he was born
A child in a manger filled with animals you mourn
Never asked us to clean the stable before blessed birth
His free gift, the one reason for this season of mirth

My home is not a house, but a heart that was shown
That it’s the manger in which the Son of man was sown
A light born in darkness, the promised one, a stone
The brightness of our Fathers word that leads the faithful home

The frozen cold outside my window is the winter in hearts of men
But, the coziness found inside four walls is also found within
 The comfort bestowed by that new born child asleep inside his bed
My heart shall forever cradle Him for this is how I’m fed

The gifts I give are not so I may receive the same in turn
But, because I already have been reborn, the greatest gift discerned
The love of a father that promised salvation and sent it through His Son
Shining from the home I call my heart, proof of what He’s done

by Shelton Lamont Elkins
© 2008