"Home is a place we all have to find, chile. It's not just a place where we eat or sleep

Home is knowing.

Knowing your mind

Knowing your heart.

Knowing your courage.

If we know ourselves we are always home anywhere", Glinda, Good Witch of the South (Ms. Lena Horne)

"Those who believe are always rewarded with the truth", Santa Claus wrote to his daughter Kristen in the Christmas movie "Twice upon Christmas (2001) Kathy Ireland and John Dye.

What? You've never seen the sequel to "Once upon a Christmas"?  Well I'm not surprised.   I doubt if there are too many people who share my guilty pleasure at Christmas time.   No, it is not candy canes, cookies or even baked Ham; I enjoy flipping through the channels to find and watch Christmas movies.

I think I've watched every Christmas movie ever made and I can confidently report there is one simple theme throughout all -

"Believing"

Faith is believing and then seeing and I think that is one of the things I love most about Christmas movies; you have to suspend disbelief in an effort to enjoy them.   Suspending disbelief is what makes Christmas time so magical.

Believing is a tradition of our ancestors passed on to us.

If you think about the Winter Solstice , our ancestors believed the sun would return to its full glory. They believed without the assurance of scientific calculation and measurement that we depend on today.

When I mentioned to my mother the return of spring she said "You can't prove it by me since there is snow in the forecast.” I laughed. My mother is a brilliant woman - and yes she knows the sun stays a little longer each day but she instead believes what she was seeing - which was more snow.  

Mother's skepticism aside, If you think about Santa Claus, you have to believe in order to experience the magic. If you are practicing Christian you believe that Jesus Christ the savior was born of a virgin.

Faith, Hope and Believing are the reason for the season...

While watching The Good Wife this week, Pastor Isaiah Easton asked Peter Florrick "Do you Believe Christ died for your sins?" Peter Florrick, the embattled lawyer hesitated with his answer. For me, however, it was enough time to have a flood of memories from my sleep-a-way Christian camp Harmony Heart days come rushing back.  It reminded me how easy it was for me, as a child, to say "yes, I believe". Believing is what makes childhood magical.

Ahh... to be childlike again

As an adult 'believing' transforms into 'knowing' - and knowing is a bit of a tight rope  walk. It requires a bit more conviction,  confidence and unfortunately it is less whimsical.  Today, I no longer believe Christ died for my sins.  I know Christ lived so that I may have life.  I know I can do all things through my DIVINITY and when knowing isn't enough to get me where I want to go - I can simply return to my childlike state and BELIEVE.

Day 23

Gift : Believing

23 Days of Christmas

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