Presley is back at the Palmer home for the holidays! Who is Presley? Presley is our Elf on a Shelf who started coming to our home a couple of years ago. Each Thanksgiving he returns and makes nightly visits to the North Pole to report to Santa on the goods and bads of the day for our kids. Each night when he returns, he shows up in a different spot, usually in our home, but sometimes other places.
Yesterday morning was an adventure in our home as Gray searched the house over for Presley and couldn't find him. As we were leaving for school Gray declared, "He must be at my school or Trey's school because he is nowhere in the house." As we went to get into the car, Gray erupted into pure giggles because hanging from the sunroof in the car was none other than Presley. You see, Gray had a very difficult time having a happy heart with me and his dad while driving to school the day before. Gray was convinced Presley showed up because of his "unhappy" heart the day before.
I just love the pure innocence of Christmas in a child's heart. We should all have that innocent faith of not believing in Santa, but believing in a Savior who was born, died on a cross and rose again so that we may live and have the gift of eternal life. I've never understood why it is so easy for parents to convince their kids to believe in Santa yet struggle with teaching their kids the truths of the Bible. As adults, we all know the end result of believing in Santa but we don't have the same end result by believing in the birth, death and ressurection of Jesus. Jesus is not a myth or fantasy...He is real and each of us has the opportunity to have Him live within us.
