Me oh My, I love those Christmas Part-I’s . (I tried to make it rhyme.) ‘Tis the season my friends. ‘Tis the season for warm hot chocolate and hot fires. For red wine and sing-alongs. For candle light and snowfall. For the birth of the incarnate. Makes you all warm and fuzzy, don’t it?
Spending time with friends. Singing around a blazing fire that cuts the chill from the night. One guitar and twenty voices.
That’s christmas for me.
This season I am praying for peace. Not world peace or whatever. I mean that would be nice but we all know that I’m more selfish than that. :) I’m praying for peace in my heart. To be more intentional. To be more real and honest with myself. To get over this prideful idea that I can do anything by myself, better than anyone else, without any help. This semester is the most scattered I’ve felt in a long time. A controlled scatter yet still a bit stressful.
This is my plan for the next one.
I’m going to ask more questions. I’m going to stop talking about myself, about all the things that I can do. I’m going to give up some time that I have devoted every morning to finding the most random things on the internet and put it toward spending time with my savior. The incarnate one.
So drink some EggNog. Sing some Christmas Hymns. Find a family that will greet you with the biggest hug you can find. And settle down.
Settle your heart. Settle it on the one thing that matters. On love.
{Philippians 1:15-16} Preach the good news because you have love. Not for selfish reasons. Not because it makes you look a certain way. Not because you like people to look at you with accepting eyes.
Not because of what I can do.
But because of the love that Christ has injected into undeservingly.
My plan is to live like this. From now on.
Hold me to it my friends.
What are your goals for the season?
Be loved
Chris
What a blessing…..I like to think of each day as a gift, you never know what its going to be….But always be thankful for it. Love you
Thanks mom. Every day really is a gift.