It’s the week before Christmas and all is at rest.
Wouldn’t that be lovely? To rest in this beautiful time of
year?
I really enjoy sitting on the couch with only the Christmas
tree lights on, preferably white. This year they set up the tree so we can plug in colored, white or
both! Mostly only the white get plugged in. I think I have won my children over from
colored. This seems so peaceful to me. How
often do I take the time to rest and enjoy my tree? Not often enough, the list
of things to do is too long. Who still needs gifts? What will the gifts be?
What about the annual Christmas letter? Gifts to send to family far away should
be gone already and they’re not done either.
It is a struggle to rest in the midst of all these extra
demands. I’m getting better about not caring if I meet expected timelines. It
would be nice to be one time, but I may have to be okay with being late. It’s
better than being stressed. Every year I let go of a little more. Next year
we’ve been talking about simplifying even more. Rest has to be important enough
to make time and room for. That means
other things have to be adjusted, reduced or even eliminated.
I also realized this morning I have not been taking time to
meditate on the richness of God’s gifts to me. We often say God’s greatest gift
was Jesus being born. That is really only the beginning of the story. All the
wonderful gifts God has for us are only possible because Jesus followed the plan
through death to be resurrected and glorified.
How lost do His great gifts to
us become in the midst of all the holiday traditions and demands? In trying to prepare gifts and treats I am missing out on rest, not just because I'm busy, my mind is not at rest. I
am missing out on the reason I say we are celebrating. I struggle not to lose
Jesus in the holiday preparations.
Jesus came and that changed everything.
It’s worth
celebrating.
It is worth so much more than celebrating.
It’s worth changing
for, living for, dying for.
He did.
Will I?
Will you?
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