Santa Clause Enjoys Texas Beaches

It's hot down here in Texas!

Many of my friends are headed to beaches. Not me, I'm not a sand loving gal, but it looks as though Santa is! He's enjoying a vacation away from the North Pole! 

He can take off the fur-trimmed suit in Texas, in fact, it looks like he took off almost everything, even his hat! However, he's wise. He's wearing sunglasses and sitting under an umbrella. The Texas sun is brutal.

He must be in Galveston. We have palm trees there, but the water is seldom that blue. Or maybe he's at South Padre Island, it is a glorious beach, if you like beaches, that is.

He should be holding my book, Sarah and a Texas Christmas. He'd laugh his head off. Sarah is a bumbling angel, and she takes everthing literally. So, language is difficult for her. Talk about chaos!

It's six months and a few days before Christmas, but why wait? Enjoy a Christmas tale now! It's on sale!

Sarah and a Texas Christmas

Happy Birthday!

 

July 4, 2025.

Today is America’s birthday. She is 249 years old.

Today is my birthday, too, but I’m not telling you my age or weight.

After waking this morning, I stumbled into my study with a cup of coffee and picked up my Bible. I sat in my comfy chair, placed the Good Book on my knees, gazed at it, and spoke aloud. “Okay, Lord, it’s my birthday. What Scripture do You have for me today?”

I opened His Word to this Psalm.

Psalm 144:4 reads, "Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow."

I glanced upward and said, “Really, Lord?” And then I guffawed. I think He did too. God showed me His sense of humor. I felt a bit depressed as my birthday approached. As I grow older, I know my time on Earth grows briefer, so what did He do? He gave me a Scripture that says life is short.

 

I love it when He does things like that!  He is real, and He talks to us in mysterious ways. Do you hear from Him? If not, draw close to Him, and He will become more existent to you.

People may think I’m sacrilegious with this post. We once had a church member who thought it sinful to laugh. She thought God wanted us to act, think, and talk in a serious manner all the time.

God gave me a sharp sense of humor, and I’m grateful for it. He made man (and woman) after His image, and added jocularity is in the mix. Why? Because He can chuckle too. In His creation, He created outstanding beauty, but He included funny looking animals and flowers too.

Naked Man Orchid

https://earthlymission.com/strangest-flowers-orchids-world-resemble-look-like-something-else/

Back to the Scripture quoted above.

Life is short, and I’m blessed to have the gift of living to an older maturity.  In the past nine months, we have attended nine funerals for people under the age of 60.

How often do you hear a person say, “I have years before I need to get into the Jesus stuff.”

Not so.  We don’t know when our breath will be like a passing shadow.

I want all who read this to have many more trips around the sun, and I want you to know and laugh with the Lord.

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