{Be Encouraged} Remembering

The holiday season is now in full swing with only a few more days until Christmas is here! I cannot believe how quickly this summer turned into fall and fall into winter…where does the time go? This time of year it feels like every possible time is filled with things to do and places to go and presents to buy. I am pretty sure you would need a magnifying glass to read all of the notes and appointments scrawled on my calendar!  Even with all of the hustle  and bustle, Christmas time has been and always will be one of my favorite times of year! I love listening to Christmas music, drinking Starbucks peppermint mocha’s, spending time with friends and family and reflecting on the birth of the Savior.

I must admit that sometimes with everything that I have going on it can be easy to forget what this season is about. Between parties and concerts and trips to the mall, thinking about the birth of Christ often gets left until Christmas eve when I’m sitting at a Christmas Eve service. But that is not how it should be. We should be daily in awe of our God who would send his Son into the world as a little baby, a Son who would one day die for the twisted world he grew up in and then raise from the dead to redeem those very ones who killed him! Oh what a wonder…0h what a love that the Lord would give His son for us. It is impossible for us to fully understand the gift of love that we were given when Christ was born and yet we so often forget to be thankful in the season that is dedicated to that birth’s remembrance and celebration!

So here is my encouragement for you today, let us together take time to remember why it is that we celebrate and thank the Lord for giving his only Son for us. Let’s refocus our celebrations to be about our Savior and less about us. When things get stressful or there just doesn’t seem like there will be time to get everything done, let’s pause and thank the Lord for all he has given us and refocus our hearts of Him!

I love you all – Kristina