Merry Christmas 2009
Everyone is busy wrapping presents, baking cookies and preparing for all the family traditions that make Christmas fun. It’s a time when the world stops, believers and unbelievers, to contemplate the Lord Jesus. It is with that spirit that I celebrate this wonderful season.
In my last blog I warned about going full steam ahead and I have. The Christmas Outreach drama at our church reached many people and delivered a strong message about the birth of Jesus. With the exception of one mishap on the first night (a main character tripping and falling two feet down and off the back stage in the first twenty seconds of the first scene) the drama went beautifully. The falling character did survive (PTL) without injury to himself or the prompter behind the backdrop. He climbed back onto the stage and announced, “That was fun”, and on went the play.
Later the night after the last performance, I began to feel ill and a new chapter began. One ER visit followed by a partially, expense-paid 4-night stay at a luxurious hospital in town, I returned home. I now have the dubious diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. What fun it was. I am much better now, but did miss one night (and an entire week of Christmas preparation) as a character at the Ohio Village.
But all is well. The Ohio Village “Dickens of a Christmas” went well and was beautiful. We even had a visitor from London, England. I will post pictures today or tomorrow. Be sure to check out my husband. He looks very dashing in his Dickens outfit.
I do wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Remember….Life is tough, but God is good. Even in the bad times he is in control.
Christ is King,
Beth