Memory Tree

 Memory Tree

Time to get out the Christmas tree

and decorate with memories

for most of the ornaments were given to me

while others were homemade and crafted for me.

There are crocheted cotton angels from mom

and her plastic canvas ornaments which don

many of the branches each year.

These ornaments have become dear.

Many ornaments were given

representing angels from heaven.

I know for a fact the ones giving

were friends disguised as angels from heaven.

Some from nieces and nephews

made from pine cones and lots of glue.

More are added every year.

Each one becoming more dear.

Other ornaments were made by me

from a little bit of nothing, you see.

Clothespin angels and cross-stitched poinsettias look swell

and a little ribbon with some glue make the tree sparkle.

Every year more Christmas ornaments are given and received

making a special holiday memory for me.

I just received three more today

though Christmas is two weeks away.

And every year I make more ornaments to give away

to friends, family, and you if you visit today.

This year crocheted snowflakes.

Almost 100 to date.

I’m beginning to forget

who it was that gave me what.

Should I make a list?

Will I then find my list?

Irregardless, the ornaments are reminders

as every year they are unwrapped from tissue paper

of old and new friends and family I hold dear

and of God’s faithfulness to us this past year.

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I pray you have sweet memories

as you decorate your tree.

Does your tree remind you of Jesus

when you decorate it for Christmas?

As sweet memories from childhood

when the first time you understood

the real meaning of Christmas –

the birth of baby Jesus.

Perhaps your tree is decorated with a star

that led the wise men from distant lands afar.

Do you have decorations in gold

that remind you of their gift of gold?

Do angel choirs sing

with "good news" ringing

from your tree

for all to see?

Maybe there’s a heart-shaped ornament

to remind you of what God’s gift meant?

For Christmas is love

from heaven above.

Do you hang bells

that foretell

“glory to God in the highest”

from your tree’s green branches?

Are there sheep hanging upon the branches?

Maybe doves in droves your tree enhances?

A dove represents peace.

Christmas is about peace.

Maybe you decorate with a cross

to remember the price it cost

when Jesus gave His life

to give us eternal life.

However you decorate your tree

I’m sure it is lovely

and makes a memory

of friends and family.

Then all the trees of the forest

will sing for joy.

Psalm 96:12

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