I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year. I hope you were blessed beyond belief with time with your family and friends. I hope that you took the time to revel in said family and friends and not make too much hussle and bussle out of the holidays.
We had a wonderful Christmas "season". Our Christmas celebrations/dinners start on the 23rd. We attended the Ever's Christmas dinner. It was a lot of good times, a lot of reminicing went on that night. Memories are a wonderful thing, make lots of them. Later that night we went to look at the lights at Sowell's, they were beautiful, I don't know why but Christmas lights are so amazing to me. The 24th we had 2 dinners, and had to skip one. We went to Grandma Macks for lunch, and had a great time with our family on that side. Very busy and bustling with a lot of people! Then we went home for just a little bit, long enough to cozy up to a nice nap. We got up and went to Grandma Joy & Grandpa Tubby's for Christmas with that side of my family. We spent the night talking about the past and present. I don't get to see that side of my family hardly at all so I always enjoy my time with them. We missed the Payne dinner because of time conflicts. But luckily I get to see most of them at the Ever's dinner so I still saw them! Then Christmas morning we slept in late, got up and got dressed, started making the beans for dinner, and then opened our presents. I so enjoy watching Ken's face when he is opening gifts. I like knowing that I was able to pick out perfect gifts! Then we went to Mom & Pops (ken's parents), We celebrated with them, Amanda, Ben, Dakota & Aiyana. Then on to Mom & Dad's (my parents) where we celebrated with that side of our family. We enjoyed watching ALL of our nieces and nephews open presents (and Amanda open Savannah's since she isn't here yet). The pure joy in a child's eyes during Christmas is a wonderful thing.
Most of all, I enjoyed thinking about how wonderful our Jesus is to us. He came to this earth, birthed to a virgin to die for our sins. I wonder how it felt to know the greatness He was going to do one day. I struggle with the thought of death, so to me it is scary to think about dying. Did He go through that to? He would have KNOWN he was going to die, and to die a brutal death, was it scary to Him, like it is to me? :::Sorry, I got side tracked:::: This time is to celebrate Jesus coming to earth to live like one of us, so He could die to save us. Even if this isn't the time that he actually was born, that is okay. It isn't about the Christmas trees, the lights, the ornaments, the presents, etc. This time should be about Jesus, and reflecting on all He did for us. I hope you all took that time to reflect.
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