I am struggling to get into the mood of Christmas this year.\u00a0 The joyous anticipation of the past is not anywhere I can find it.\u00a0 Instead of giddily dragging boxes of decorations from my garage, I keep looking at the boxes on their shelves and feeling indifference.\u00a0 Our usual Advent activities just seem burdensome.<\/p>\n
The fight with the school for #3 may be over for now, but it has worn me out and stolen my enthusiasm.\u00a0 Add medical issues for 2 other members of the family, and I just want to forget that Christmas is coming at all.\u00a0 Even the prospect of buying cute shoes for the office Christmas party doesn\u2019t thrill me.\u00a0 That\u2019s how I know that this malaise is serious.\u00a0 We\u2019re talking indifference to shoes here, people.<\/p>\n
I wrote the other day about not all pregnancies being met with instant joy.\u00a0 That\u2019s how this Christmas is feeling to me.\u00a0 There\u2019s a baby on the way bringing with Him joy and wonder, but all I can feel is the burden and responsibility of it all.\u00a0 Lucky for me, I\u2019ve been here before.\u00a0 I know that there is power in preparation.\u00a0 Decorating the nursery changes things.\u00a0 Putting up a tree and hanging stockings changes them, too.<\/p>\n
There is a baby coming for all of us.\u00a0 His impending arrival has reached the point where it can no longer be denied.\u00a0 It is imminent.\u00a0 If he were my son, I\u2019d be washing his clothes, prepping his cradle, and making plans for bringing him home.\u00a0 He\u2019s God\u2019s son, but the preparations must go on just the same.\u00a0 We must make ready for Him by cleansing ourselves (Confession), and preparing our hearts to receive Him.\u00a0 We need to plan and prepare for Him to enter into our lives and our homes.<\/p>\n
There is a baby coming.\u00a0 Soon.\u00a0 Please, God, help us to be ready to make Him welcome.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am struggling to get into the mood of Christmas this year.\u00a0 The joyous anticipation of the past is not anywhere I can find it.\u00a0 Instead of giddily dragging boxes of decorations from my garage, I keep looking at the boxes on their shelves and feeling indifference.\u00a0 Our usual Advent activities just seem burdensome. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n