Although I love the holidays, I find that the Christmas holidays can be a bit stressful at times. The Christmas parties that I feel obliged to attend start this week on Friday! I have been able to slow down a bit in the last few years and not be involved in too many things. But there are still things that keep us too busy.
I guess I just have a longing to get back to some simple kind of Christmas, where we are not concerned with parties, presents, cantatas and such but are concerned about remembering the reason we celebrate in the first place-God incarnate sent down to man to redeem him. I know we remember that is the reason, but how much time do we spend pondering that thought and try to grasp the vastness of it.
The grace of God is truly amazing and I am trying to experience it everyday.
