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One holy night. Mother told me I shouldn’t make the trip. But we couldn’t risk the consequences of defying a command of Caesar.
“Joseph is a good man,” I told her. “He’ll take care of me.”
“What do men know of birthing a child?” she said, choking back tears.
She’d tried to prepare me as best she could. I had the bundle of swaddling clothes she had given me for the baby, the birthing blanket to put underneath me, and plenty of rags for my time of impurity.
Joy. Christmas is generally a time when we focus on the birth of the King, the promised Messiah, preceded by supernatural conception and birth in a manger. Perhaps if we close our eyes and imagine that we travel back in time to the birth of our Savior, maybe, just maybe we will hear all of creation singing, “Joy to the world, the Lord is come...”. Okay, so maybe all of creation didn’t actually sing, however, I am pretty sure there was joy to be found in the presence of baby Jesus. You see, He was on a mission.
A Type A Christmas Story. As we approach the beauty of Christmas, the anticipated season encompasses feelings of excitement and wonder for all ages. The Christians of the world pause to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and churches come together to bring a sense of peace and hope unto all the world. The Christmas story is generously spread to those less fortunate through acts of kindness and love via donations of food, clothing, and toys.
Home for the holidays. Images of the holidays are flooding our timelines right now and creating a plan that may be different than what our everyday lives represent. Let’s stop the timeline and create our own images and plan for the holidays. When we live with intention we can interrupt all of the messages for urgency at any time. By slowing down, and focusing on what matters most we can rewrite our own script for the holidays.
