It is mid-December now and I strive to make this month different and better than those of the past. I imagine myself baking cookies with jingle bells hanging around my neck, while listening to the constant barrage of Christmas carols blaring from the radio. It's all part of the holidays, isn't it? Cookies and candies, songs and movies, ribbons and bows tied to everything that doesn't move, and some that do. The problem is...I am tired and I know where this is all leading - Christmas Day, when my head hits the pillow and the once loved decorations become another item on my list of things to cross off by putting them away. It makes me sad, but isn't it true? Please don't get me wrong. I repeat this process every year because I either love it, or I don't know what else to do with this month. No, I love it, but...
There must be a better way to celebrate the coming of this Baby, this Savior of the world, this Gift from God. To not participate in customary activities might make me sad in January...but what if it didn't? What if I changed my habits about all of this and what if I loved the change? What if I just stopped and worshiped as the shepherds did on that night in Bethlehem, giving nothing but themselves in praise? Did they repeat that every December? I doubt it. Did it change them? Surely so.
God's Gift to me is His Son Jesus who came to redeem me unto Himself, removing my sins by dying on a cross. As a baby in a manger, He came. So, I will wrap up all the things that ensnare my thoughts and drive me to holiday frenzy this month and lay them at His feet...and I too, will just give Him praise. That is my gift to Him...a December of praises.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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