What a joyous Christmas season it has been and now we are here at Christmas Eve. I love Christmas Eve as much as Christmas Day. This is the day that Eddie and our kids always go and fix the candles for our Christmas Eve service...they have been doing that ever since we came here. That's something they have always loved doing and such a service gesture. Usually that gave me time to do the mom thing but this year I have been invited to join them. There's less mom things to do as kids are older now so I think I will join in. Since I will be doing that I still needed just a bit of time to myself so I headed out for just a bit to browse a few stores and witness the madness...praise God I'm not participating in the madness this year...and drive around just with some Christian Christmas songs playing and some clear the mind and heart time.
I'm grateful that when I woke up this morning every room was full of sleeping bodies and I came down to my husband who had the coffee brewing and a fire blazing...like I said it's been a joyous season. I admit I've spent some of these seasons in the past trying to "buy peace" and now to His glory it's all about His peace and looking forward to all that money can't buy. Yes, there will still be plenty of gifts for all and food to feed an army but it really is a wonderful thing to have total peace of mind and heart and just being thankful for the people that fill up my house rather than the stuff that fills it.
I've thought a lot about my favorites of the season lately and it really is all my favorite cause I'm just such an idiot about this time of year. I do have to say that other than the Christmas Eve candlelight service and our kids still running down the stairs on Christmas morning and the excitement that brings, one of the things that stands out as a fave is watching them give to one another. Some years it was a $3 gift, but to watch them as they watched the others opened what they were giving to them has brought much joy through the years. Isn't that really it anyway...not so much what we are getting but what we get the priviledge of giving. Thank you God for giving to us more than we would ever deserve as You gave Your Son that 1st Christmas. May we spend the rest of our lives giving back to you in love, service, time, effort, energy. May we give You to others as we refuse to hoard You to ourselves but tell others about You...may that be an all through the year gift back to You. Thank You for the silent nights and the peace and the joy that can't come from anywhere else or anyone else.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
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