December 13
Colossians 3:2 – “Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.”
This past February Bill and I accompanied Heather, Lance and grandkids to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Heather had every detail of our trip planned. Our transportation to our resort was provided. Hadley had an appointment at the Bippidity Boppidity Boutique and we even had a dinner at the Cinderella castle. (We felt very proud as we were allowed entrance to the special place only to get inside and see a few hundred other lucky families.) We watched a fantastic fireworks show every night and with our fast pass headed to the front of almost every ride.
We can lose sight of reality sometimes when we are in a place like Disney World. Music plays everywhere. Smiling characters pop out of hidden doors. Your reality is actually an illusion.
While we had a wonderful family time, the magical kingdom was not all magical. People still pushed and shoved. Parents yelled at their kids. Items were lost or taken.
The above verse is my “life” verse because it reminds me to keep my eyes on things that really matter, things of eternal value. We spend a lot of time on our fun and while it is so important to have fun times with your family, it can’t come at the price of broken families and relationships because we are short sighted and minded.
One of the big and un-noticed illusions at Disney World is actually the iconic castle. I didn’t notice but my observant husband did! The castle is built to appear a lot bigger and taller than it really is. The master designers of the castle made the windows, cupolas, even bricks smaller the taller it went giving the illusion of it being huge. It fools thousands of people every day!
Don’t be fooled by the illusions of worldly things…it is so easy to do this at Christmas! Set your eyes, your heart, on things that will last.
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