melting-angels : Lessons from our decorations!

Lessons from our decorations

Sometimes my life is clean and fresh and I feel glistened, pure and white.
(primary school child's hanging wall decoration made from metal tray featuring snow scene)

Other times something is broken or missing in me , others or life , I just don't feel quiet right.
(ceramic virgin Mary and one of my Santa's from my collection had a punch up and both had right below the elbow amputations , luckily no antibiotic resistant hospital acquired infections were contracted. the Willow angel joined in on the malay and has lost her bunch of flowers so doesn't look good or smell good anymore and can no longer fly).

I can get withered and melted and wonky, my rhythm is off and my music would give you a fright.
(My mums melting Xmas angels from her nativity scene, now immigrated to our nativity scene after she passed away , unfortunately the hotter climate here has seen the weight melting off these angelic waxy beings).

And my bells can fall silent , my ribbons go missing and baubles are not bright.
( Mums Xmas decos again. the bells are very old and the baubles need to ribbons to hang again on the Xmas tree. This was obviously a job Mum never got around too before she died ..but i will finish it for her xx)

I can let life mold me all outta shape, I can fall on the floor , go to pieces and break.
(primary school child's clay tree hanging decorations )

When I just can't get my bows on straight or colour between the lines.
(Different primary school child's tree hanging decorations)

I dig deep and smile and chuckle like the snowman at silly hard times.
(My Mums old Xmas snowman )

So stand tall and straight above the crowd , speak justice and truth ...out loud
(Tall skinny Santa , mine )

And I find joy in my loved ones, each and every one of whom I'm so proud
(a different tall skinny Santa , mine )

I can end up on Santa's naughty list if I fail, and then start again cause on we must sail.
(sitting on edge ceramic Santa writing in his list ..mine)

Soooooo...
it doesn't matter if we are pure and glistening, broken or bright. if you are melted, wonky , bent out of shape or in pieces, are proud and loud with your crowd, smiling or chuckling and hopefully definitely on Santa's naughty list !!...because I'm pretty sure that the baby Jesus didn't come into this world for the perfect...

Lessons from our nativity Scene

Sorry guys but I think the moral of our family's nativity scene carried a message for us gals...
because we can worry that our mothering is not good enough and if our babies have everything they need...
because apparently......even if you are a one armed , young virgin with a much older hubby who couldn't even manage a video blog while driving the SUV to your birthing place but instead transported you by donkey...
and you managed an unassisted , drug free vaginal , home birth in a manger without CTG monitoring, a themed baby shower, a gender reveal do or a pregnancy shoot...
And you bedded the Prince of Peace in a manger without a $3000 nursery package and 4 prams from Baby Bunnings (not a typo)..and even if your husband did divorce you "informally" (likely a Centrelink fraud if you ask me)..And even if you were surrounded by melting angels who couldn't play trumpets , sing or fly and the wise men were a no show..even though Nana did put two starts in the night sky cause she wasn't sure which way was East (actually that has probably confused the wise men and their Google Maps straight up ,they are likely lost and we know don't we girls that they are unlikely to ask for direction !!)
Not to mention your angels chowing down on the straw because there were no animals in this manger..(well that's not exactly true, I did have a baby goat turn up at the front door last weekend TRUE , if he just had of said he was here to hang out with The Holy family in my nativity scene, I probably wouldn't have taken him to the animal shelter..
because even with the adversity of living in our nativity scene without all the mod cons and commercialism cons !...melting grounded angels, no animals and absenteeism requiring a performance plan for the 3 wise men...you can still with God's grace raise your baby to fulfil their divine purpose..
Merry Xmas and love and peace to all
God Bless

Now if God doesn't like my dialogue
then beware of plagues of