It's December, and it seems like life is more busy than usual. In the next two weeks, I have 3 Christmas parties/dinners, and it seems excruciating to try and schedule a day when everyone can attend. Then there will be Christmas programs at the Preschool and Academy! Shopping! I'd like to take my family to Forest Hill Christian Church to see the "Journey to Bethlehem". Christmas Eve Celebration planning! House guests for Christmas! Christmas day dinner at our home! Decorations to put up! Christmas sermons to write! I'm just too busy... too busy for Christmas!
Did you notice that everything I mentioned above centers around Christmas. Most of them are good things centered around the birth of Jesus. It would seem that I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do this time of year... and maybe I am... if, and only if I am focused on the one this holiday is centered around. Dear God, please let my December be filled with thoughts of your son, Jesus! Please let every busy moment bring me into a closer relationship not just with "Christmas Jesus", but with the Jesus who gave his life for me!
