December - OUAS challenge dec 1st

well is anyone else feeling like there is beginning to be so much to do!!? i have created a layout for the http://onceuponasketchblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/december-1st-challenge-meet-our.html which is to share what is special about December.. and to use this sketch...




well where do i start and how do i describe what i feel about December?? in a way that i hope gives you an idea about my feelings this time of the year...  i dont know about you, but December brings about a closure for me of the year that has been.. the new year seems to be almost a new beginning.. fresh, no mistakes yet and we all set off in anticapation of the months ahead..  who would have known the horror that January this year was going to bring to Queensland...?? and come December 31 all the events of this year will become history..


so my journalling is a poem i wrote for this challenge.. about December... a time i reflect upon, a time i 'touch base' with my faith in remembering the first Christmas...

December....

and the poem.....

         December comes around as quickly,

          as the predicted summer rains,

          It’s time to get my book out

          And begin my lists again.

          The shopping for some pressy’s

          To share with others and then,

          The menus, decorations and

          The tree unpacked again..

          But apart from all the external

          Things that I do and say,

          There is something that happens

           In my heart along the way..

          December is the last month

          Of another busy year,

          A time to reflect and remember

         And often shed a tear.

         A happy tear for all the blessings

         I know have come my way,

         A sad tear for those who no longer

         Are here today..

         But more then all the hype

         That commercialism brings,

         A quiet spirit takes me to the

         Message that made the angels sing..

         For tucked away in every December,

         Is lowly manger scene,

         A saviour born in a stable

         Was not a far fetched dream.

         And it is this old old story

        That strengthens this heart of mine,

        To think we can find hope

         In this Christ Child divine..

        Of all the presents I can unwrap,

        The greatest gift is free,

       It is simply once again rekindling

        The Love God has for me…         

Decembe

thanks for all the lovely comments you leave, i really do look forward to each one.. i hope you are enjoying the season and not getting too stressed with all the things we can want to do, and i hope you get time with family and friends and just cherishing every special person in your life.. take care... xxxxxx