Sunday Night Reflections

A friend included this in a Christmas card that he sent to us a few years ago. I liked the sentiment, so I kept it and tonight I'll share it with you. My Lady of the Wall story will come a little later this week :)

The Christmas Card List

There is a list of folks I know

All written in a book,

And every year at Christmas time

I go and take a look.

And that is when I realize

Those names are all a part

Not of the books they're written in,

But deep inside my heart.

For each name stands for someone

Who has touched my life at sometime.

And in that meeting they've become

A special friend of mine.

I really feel that I'm composed,

Of each remembered name,

And my life is so much better 

Than it was before they came.

Once you've known that "someone",

All the years cannot erase

The memory of a pleasant world

Or of a friendly face.

So never think my Christmas cards

Are just mere routine

Of names upon a list that are

Forgotten between.

For when I send a Christmas card

That is addressed to you,

It is because you're on that list

of folks I'm indebted to.

And whether I have known you

For many years or few,

The greatest gift that God can give

Is having friends like you!