So I’ve seen my fair share of MANY a Christmas Tree.

Christmases, AND Epiphanys,

But how does one appreciate a Tree?

With scents, with lights, with ornaments, maybe?

Or a cat who picturesquely poses with said tree.

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I don’t know, to be honest, maybe the appreciation is not actually the tree,

Maybe the appreciation is the PAUSE within you, within me.

Christmas overload becomes, reactively,

just a date, a season, a hectic spree.

Unless, of course, Christmas, you see,

Becomes our appreciation of INSIDE knowledge of our Holy Thee.

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It’s not just the day, the season, the tree.

Christmas is Spirit-birth in you and in me.

Christmas is Jesus-birth to fulfill prophecy. 

Jesus gave us Christmas to make us free.

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And the cat? She just likes the company. 

So together, we will ponder Jesus and His Gift of Himself, by this said tree.

Amen