I didn’t send out a family Christmas card this year. It’s sort of a shame, because it was going to be awesome. Our family Christmas card was going to blow all the other family Christmas cards right out of the water. It was going to be all photo-shopped and funny and magical. And people would laugh. And put it in the very center of the fridge display. And probably just take all the other ones down because they wouldn’t be able to compete.
Of course, I’m joking… sort of. The Christmas card had to go this year because something had to give for us. It’s difficult for me to let things go, because I used to take a lot of pride in the fact that I was the girl who could do everything. But not anymore. The Lord has worked. He was worked some yucky stuff out of me, all for His good. So this Christmas, I’m not going to do everything. I’m going to let some things go. So no Christmas card.
Instead of running around like a crazy person these last few days before the Holiday, I want to encourage you to slow. At the heart of Christmas is not the parties or the food or the stockings or gifts or decorations or even friends and family. At the heart of Christmas is a celebration. A celebration of Christ. His advent. The arrival of the Great Answer to our ever-unsolvable problem. Praise God, Christ has come.
Let’s lift our eyes up out of the holiday muck; up to a God smiling down. We are preparing to celebrate God’s soaring declaration of Love over us. I want to see the babe. I want to see the gift. I want to see the Love Come Down. Do you?
Go ahead, let something go. That card you’re trying to finish. That garland you’re trying to perfect. That performance you’re forcing everyone out the door to see……..
let it go.
Let it go. And look up. And remember. And celebrate.
Him.
It’s not about me. It’s not about being the one with the best card. The one with the prettiest house. The one with the most fragrant supper table. It’s about Him. The One who gave us the gift of Himself.
And He gave great. It is always about Him.
Always.
