It's Worth All The Trouble

"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.

- Donald E. Westlake

Stop And Listen

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

- Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby

In The Eyes of Children

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.  In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."

- Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

The Best Gift

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."

- Burton Hillis

Why Do Good Things/Works If We Are Saved By Grace?

¹⁰(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.

- 1 Timothy 4:10 (NIV)