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I have been a bit of a no-show in the blogging world recently. Not that I haven't wanted to get on here, but it seems that life has been extra busy lately and having time to process and purge my own thoughts just hasn't happened. Nonetheless, I caught a fellow blogger/friend's recent posting about "Getting Into the Spirit" and it motivated me to talk about holiday preparations. I always have plenty to say about my favorite holiday! This may be the first year...EVER...that I have my holiday shopping done and WRAPPED before the end of November. I'm not QUITE there yet, but I have made such a solid dent that I'm feeling quite confident. Of course, as a single income family we have to work within a budget and in order to be fair to the kids I need to keep track of what I buy, but this year I started a notebook to keep track of all the pertinent information and for once, I feel organized. (Albeit in this one isolated area.) I really want to be able to enjoy the month of December and spend it celebrating the true meaning of the season, and sharing it with my girls, rather than fighting the crowds and my own self-imposed stress. That said, we have a great many holiday traditions. Decorations that have been handed down in the family that always are put in the same places. I always buy a new ornament for each of the children each year, trying to make it pertinent to the year's events. On December 23rd, the whole family camps out under the Christmas tree for the night. We also spend the majority of December listening to Christmas music nearly non-stop (much to my husband's chagrin --hey, he's usually working anyway!). We also make a Birthday cake for Jesus on Christmas Eve, (along with the more traditional but far less meaningful cookies for Santa). There are too many more things to list, and I'm tired tonight so perhaps I'll pick up this subject again later. As for a Bible verse that applies to the holiday season, and to where I am in life right now...I would have to pick this one: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom, or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me. that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on the earth, for in these I delight." Who can possibly imagine that its more than the awesome gift of salvation, but the quest to really KNOW and understand our savior and creator. Unfathomable! |
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