I will confess that this year has been a rough one on me. I have missed a lot of church from either working or being sick. This makes it more difficult. I have had a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. Due to work schedules (with almost all of my kids and myself working on Christmas Eve) it has made me re-think how to "do" Christmas.
It is interesting how things change through the years. This is the first year we do NOT have a tree. That could change, we have gotten a tree just days before Christmas before but with all the crazy schedules and the fact that we will be "doing" Christmas at my folks on Christmas Day it just doesn't seem worth the money and time to put one up. I have not put up any decorations or anything. In some ways it feels weird and in others it feels OK. Things change as we change and our families change.
It is nice to have the good memories & also fun to make new ones.
I am just so very thankful & blessed to have such a wonderful family.
So as the "day" fast approaches I stop and think that it is not about a day it is about the birth of Christ and the reason He came to earth as a baby and grew to a man. A man that took on ALL our sins on the cross then rose again so that we may have eternal life with Him. Now that is a GIFT!! No returns, no exchanges...it is ours to keep once we except it.
HE TRULY IS THE BEST GIFT EVER!!
So I want to wish you ALL a Very Merry CHRISTmas!!
