Not a pretty day. The wind really blew last night, then this morning, a brief period of snow. Then lightening and thunder, in November. So now it is just ...a dreary day.
My kids called, wanting me to ride along to see the Christmas tree on it's journey to the White House. It came from up above Meeker. That's along way from Alamosa. I wonder what route they took. The daily newspaper says...come have a festive time downtown, pre holiday. Eat lunch, shop, then the truck will be here at 1:30. The mayor is to give a speech. About what? Well, the town is packed, the traffic is bumper to bumper. Where did all these people come from?
I wasn't too excited about going. Seen one Christmas tree, others are quite similar. But just for the novelty of it, we'll go ..take a picture and put it in our scrapbook. So, we drive down the street, cars bumper to bumper. The people standing on the street for hours, they look cold. Word came the truck had got struck on Wolf Creek Pass. After the long wait, down the street comes the Highway Patrol cars, the police, the sheriff. This is exciting....Then down the street comes this great, long, long truck. I don't know what I expected, but not this.
The back of the truck was a long enclosed bed with a big sign painted on it . Then at the back was a window about 4' by 4'..covered over by slushy looking dried mud. It parked in front of JC Penney's. We were allowed to look in the window. Which I opted out of. But the kids said they could look in and see some branches, and write their name on the truck.. That is our chance to see the national Christmas tree. Like I say...we'll take a picture of the truck and put it in our scrap book. Then we'll probably see the tree on television.
It won't be long before Thanksgiving, but we have to rush it. Because what do you buy for Thankgiving...a turkey...Not a big money day for the Walmarts and the chain stores. But wait, Christmas is coming. Is this a day to celebrate the birth of our Savior? No, sales, money, greed. So hurry, don't even take time to say a blessing. Get the table cleared, we're going to Walmart. It opens now on Thanksgiving. Isn't that thoughtful, considerate. All those little tempting sales, you might be tempted to head over to the bigger items...get out the old battered credit card.
Dear Lord, We are such a selfish, greedy nation. How much longer are you going to put up with us? All we seem to want is "stuff". Something to amuse ourselves with. To get, to have...for how long and really for what. Please help us to come back to what is really important. Family, friends, most of all faith in our Lord and Savior....and the love we all share with each other.
