Just a quick hello today… can you believe it’s December?  For months the stores and media have been pushing the Christmas season upon us, but it I’m still not prepared for it to be here!

I have a long “to-do” list for my week and month, as I am sure many of you do too.  How to fit in all of the decorating, baking, gift buying and entertaining into my already full schedule?  It’s always a challenge this time of year…I always think I am going to spread the Christmas preparations out, but not often does that happen.

I usually have to take a step back and re-prioritize myself, remember what is really important… do those things and forget the rest of my wishful thinking.  I can’t do everything, even though I want to.

I fall into that trap most years… then I remember the real reason for the season.  It isn’t the wrapping and the bows, the tinsel and the appetizers.  It’s the best gift of all.  Jesus. 

Christ didn’t come to send us into a decorating, entertaining and gift-purchasing frenzy… he came to save us.  His lowly birth changed the world forever.  He came as our Savior, so that we might live.  That has much more eternal power than running around shopping for the best sales or hosting a party.  We are loved and forgiven forever… how could we ever top that gift?

So, as you head into one of the craziest months… take a breath, step back and just be humbled by God’s grace and love today… let his most wondrous gift be yours.

Oh, and if you want to cut back on all of your shopping… God loves it when we “re-gift” by passing on His eternal gift to others.  Jesus… Joy to the World!