Christmas Time- Warrior Time

Oh Christmas time is here!  Today I had a joyful morning with the grand kids making Christmas cookies, coo coos as CeCe calls them.  My house was filled with children's voices, flour everywhere and more sugar crystals and icing than any child should eat in one day! Made them sound like little warriors!

 Ah, the ciaos that is my family. My health care worker came by in the middle of it all to check my picc line and take my vitals.  I am sure she was expecting a raised blood pressure with all the noise & laughter of the kids, but it was actually down- " so this must agree with you", she says.  Well that is an understatement!  "Yes", I said. " I refuse to let cancer stop me from having a good time with my grand babies."  This year my Christmas time is also a Warrior time.

You see Jesus is described as a "Mighty Warrior".  And we are all called to be like Him.  In fact in John 14 Jesus is quoted "whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do"  So if Jesus is a warrior I will be a warrior too, and not just in my Christmas shopping bargain hunting.  There is a store closing in my neighborhood and I got the best deals! Shorts $5, bathing suit $6.... but I digress. 

Not only is it good news that we can be a warrior like Jesus, but in Isaiah we are told that the Lord will renew our strength!

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

That's great news isn't it! We place our faith in him and He is working for us.  Working in our health, our finances, relationships, renewing our strength to get through it all.  I know it's hard to give it all over and trust, to "feel" Him renewing our strength, I need to remind myself daily, through prayer, and reading God's word.
Don't give up! Be a Warrior!