Tuesday, December 1, 2009

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...Is that true? Do you really think? It seems like this time of year everyone is soooo busy. I wake up every morning seemingly more tired than when I went to bed! Making sure everyone is fed, bathed and in generally good health...not to mention cleaning the house, shopping, wrapping presents, cooking, baking, blah, blah, blah...but I love it nonetheless. One of my favorite things to do is roll out of bed in the mornings, start my coffee, and turn the Christmas trees on. The soft light that illuminates the dark living room just before daybreak has a wonderfully peaceful, calming effect on me just before I begin my hectic, tornadic day. Ever since I was a little girl, Christmas traditions have been like a limb on my body...just there. Ingrained in me. If it wasn't there, I'd miss it terribly. I love passing some of those traditions on to my sweet Gracie. I love starting our own new traditions as well. One of our favorites is to read Luke 2 on Christmas morning, once the chaos and craziness have settled. We remind ourselves of the ultimate gift God gave us. I think, knowing the peace and happiness and overwhelming sense of love that we feel on that day is what drives me through this crazy season. It's what urges me to stop each day and enjoy these fleeting days and weeks prior to the big birthday celebration of Jesus (oh and the arrival of the big guy in the red suit). Knowing that when all is said and done, we will grasp ahold of the opportunity and worship and praise the One who gave us a Savior in a most unassuming way. Taking a moment or many moments each day to savor the season and all that comes with it (even the chaos!) is what reminds me of the hope and promises we have in our Redeemer. This season, the beauty, the chaos, the commercialism (I'm a sucker for some cute M&M and candle and coffee commercials!!) is truly my favorite time of year. With the way our culture is today...if it wasn't for the commercialism of Christmas, with all it's flaws, there would be little to no attention drawn to the birth of our Savior. Don't get me wrong...the commercialism gets old and tiresome quickly to me too...but it has it's positives too (after all, don't you just LOVE the Coke bottles shaped like Christmas ornaments??)...like reminding us that material things are not all there is too Christmas...It's truly the most wonderful time of year (I say that until I get to summer, when we get to hit the beach!)...

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