Summer, fall, winter and spring,
we are are blessed when we hear the doorbell ring.
People rarely thanked, but they make our hearts sing.
Through snow, heat, fog and rain, they're delivering.
UPS, FedX, the USPS and more.
Amazon and Target... or delivered to our local store.
In trucks at our door... or unloading at the local mall-
A shout out to delivery people... one and all.
When I am tired, my mind turns to rhyme. Weird? Do they have a diagnosis for that? I guess it goes with growing up on Dr. Seuss and realizing that creativity sometimes thrives when we give into a little healthy madness. Is that what we call this season... healthy madness.
Is this a season of healthy madness? Or is it just out of control?
It is good to remember to keep the joy in the giving. Let go of the fear the gift will not be well received. Truly, that responsibility is on the heart of the receiver. We do our best to find gifts our loved ones will appreciate and enjoy. It really is "more blessed to give than it is to receive". Today, it is good to remember the delivery people who make the giving easier.
With so much focus pointed to the commercialism of Christmas, it is good to remember some very special delivery people.
The angel who brought the message to Mary that she was the one chosen to carry God's son made a very special delivery. An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to take Mary as his wife, for she was, indeed, pregnant by the Holy Spirit. A band of angel delivered the news to shepherds in the field on the night Jesus was born. These were all "special deliveries".
The most special delivery of all took place in the most humble circumstances. In a stable, where the animals were kept, our Savior was delivered. Sweet, young and a certainly a little frightened, Mary gave birth with Joseph by her side. I love the song, "It's such a strange way to save the world." Strange, but perfect.
God's plan to deliver our hope and salvation was not thwarted by an evil king or any other enemy of Heaven. Does his plan fulfilled still fill us with awe and wonder? It should. It is no less miraculous and perfect today, than it was 2000 years ago.
“Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people. He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David, just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.-Luke 1:68-70
"but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often." -Luke 2:19
We, too, can keep the celebration of perfect deliveries in our hearts this Christmas season and into 2020.
Today, I am grateful for delivery people.
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