Lists
Christmas wish lists can be really amusing. Recently a mother of a needy family gave me a list of requested items for her children. I was told that the children would be happy with anything. Really? Would her children be happy with chalk, a box of Crayons, a wooden train, and a slinky? What about a stick?
Today’s children are more spoiled today than ever before. Not only do they want the newest toys and gadgets, but the toys and gadgets they want are more advanced than anything Captain Kirk used.
Wishes
And then there are the wishes that people make around Christmas time. Some people wish for world peace. Others wish for Michael Jackson to return from the dead to do a benefit concert for world hunger.
Right now the most popular wishes involve one side or the other of Trump’s impeachment. Some wish Nancy Pelosi would have a broom accident when she flies home from Washington. Others wish Trump would finally be convicted for conspiring with the Russians to move the US capital to Trump Tower.
My Wish
So what’s my wish? My wish is that things would just go back to the way they were when this picture was taken.
Other than for the goofy safety glasses, I looked pretty cool!
Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s I worked for a company that serviced nuclear facilities. My job involved flying on commercial aircraft all over the country. And whenever I flew on a new or different airliner, I asked to take a picture of the cockpit.
Here, the pilot actually told me to sit in his seat and wear his hat while he took the picture. What’s even more incredible is that while I was sitting there the engines were still running. He told me to put my hand on the throttles while the engines were still running!
Can you even imagine this happening today? Not hardly. That’s why I wish we could go back to an earlier, more trusting day and age; long before 9/11 and the jerks that ruined everything.
My Hope
Well, even though things may never be the same again, there will come a day when peace will fill the land. There will come a day when men’s swords are beaten into plows. But that day will only come when the Prince of Peace assumes the throne.
When He came before, He came as a humble baby.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6
The next time He comes, things will be a little different.
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:” – Luke 1:32
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.” – Matthew 16:26-27
What a Christmas that would be!
The Recovering Legalist 
When I was growing up, we were church mouse poor most of the time. We would give our parents a list of several items, usually $5 or under with maybe one item in the $10 – 20 range. It was rare we got everything on our fairly small lists, but our parents would do what they could.
When my daughter was young, she asked for a bunch of stuff that was way out of my price range. I had the “talk” pointing out how many children would be happy to get one low-cost item for Christmas. I always made it about being Jesus birthday and not about other things.
My biggest Christmas gift this year is getting to see my daughter and grandson. They live about an hour away, but I don’t have transportation to see them and have never met my grandson in person. A church member decided to gift me taking time away from his family to drive me up there.
did working for a nuclear facility supply company cause you to loose hair? LoL. Merry Christmas.
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