Christmas Bliss

That should be the name of a divinely delicious candy to make at Christmas time....

So many thoughts are bouncing around in my head. I am unsure of how to efficiently share them...

Christmas Eve, I find myself working, enjoying the hustle and bustle, and yet feeling as if I'd missed the whole Christmas season simply because there was so much to do in a certain amount of time. One of my favorite things about my job is that I am in a little room, all by myself (most of the time) and can totally spend that period of time in a worshipful mindset. If I want to. Sometimes I forget to focus on Him, and then that time passes by... and it's gone, just another day at work, forgotten, caught up in the days of life....
Anyway, back to Christmas Eve. I'm prayerfully pondering why and how the business of Christmas takes over the season when what I really want to enjoy is the vast profound depth of God's gift to us which, to us, defines this whole season. All of the sudden, I am completely full with said "profoundness." Clear to the top, full of peace and grace and love and joy... exactly what I'm praying that I don't miss about Christmas. Not because life slowed down enough; Christmas Eve at Costco doesn't get "slow!" But because I chose to focus on Him, which is only because of Him in the first place, (since we don't do anything "Godly" of our own accord!) He blessed me with a full sense of what only He can give. And I didn't miss Christmas... It's interesting, when you're full of what He has given, no one can take it away. No rude customers, bah-humbug co-workers, impatient drivers. It's mine, for me, from Him.
Merry Christmas, from my King, Lord, Father God, Bridegroom, Prince of Peace, Faithful and True Witness...

To be continued....