Living Nativity

Last night we went to a living nativity. It was really inspiring. I wasn't really in the mood to go before we went and it was sure to be crowded and cold. Earl and I had spent the afternoon at the hospital for his MRI and bone scan. I was right it was crowded and cold and I was grumpy. It was set in a gully on the east side of Salt Lake City and presented by several different churches I found this slideshow from the Deseret News this morning http://deseretnews.com/photo/slideshow/1,5587,500000000005211,00.html

If you have to pick the slide show it is "Night in Bethlehem"

By the time we got to the stable, my mood was softening. It seems that life gets so hectic and with Christmas upon us I just have not gotten into the Christmas mode. We are feeling the economic crunch so we have no money for anything. Earl's sister is paying for us to go to Seattle otherwise we would not be able to go. Christmas shopping has just not happened nor will it except for a little for Mary. The Nativity was just what I needed tonight to remember what Christmas is all about.

How do people without faith in God get through life? Some days it seems that if I didn't have my faith, I don't know if I could get out of bed. I am the ultimate pessimist. I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I have faith that Jesus loves me and my family and watches over us and helps us feel loved as we are going through this challenge we call life. I don't know much more than this but I know that there is a God and that He loves each of us and he knows each of us by name.