December 21 – “What’s a ‘non-insurance’”

Big work day for me yesterday.  I started work on the sermon for Sunday.  I actually figured up that I have three more sermons to prepare for before the Big Exit.  Best to get started now. 

 

Kel called and we started work in earnest on the Christmas Eve service for … hey, that’s this Friday, isn’t it?  He has arranged an order of service, and we divvied up the portions of it.  He asked if I would like to do another of my legendary Christmas stories.  Those have showed up at random times over the years.  Many of them take an animal’s point of view.  Some have been about children.  I think one even came from the perspective of a sculpt up on a shelf.  Many times the story revealed a clue about what the Christmas carving that I do for Chris every year would be.  I got started on that assignment right away.  Lots to do at the computer over the next few days.

 

Last night we pulled out some of the Christmas gifts we have purchased already.  Nope.  Not done yet.  Chris will reassess and reevaluate a time or two before our family gathers for our Christmas fun.  And that won’t happen until the week after the actual Christmas.  Keep those ideas a-comin’. 

 

We got one of those “Notice of non-insurance” letters the other day.  Is that even a word – “non-insurance”?  All it is, is a reminder letter to pay your insurance premium.  It’s not late or anything.  Just giving you a thinly veiled threat about the horror that will occur should you indeed allow it to expire.  And this one was from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (Is that what TWIA stands for?), so the hidden implication is … if you don’t renew now, we will send a hurricane to your house and knock it completely down to the foundation.  Then we’ll send a flood to destroy that, since your flood insurance is due on the same day … and you haven’t paid it yet, either.  Whew.  Better get that check in the mail.  We only have eighteen days to avoid the unthinkable. 

 

Matthew 1:21 says, “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

 

Father, thank you that with you we don’t have to worry about “the unthinkables” of the world around us.  You are our peace and all we really need.  Amen.