Now what?
Think back on what has relentlessly filled your mind these last few days/weeks/months.
Lists and more lists, tasks and more tasks, obligations and more obligations.
It's exhausting to be so jolly for so long.
At some point we see that there is no more to do and all that's left is allowing ourselves to enjoy what we've done.
I think it's hard to do.
I know I spend so much time deciding and guiding the festivities for everyone I'm wiped out and miss most of the fun because my mind is still racing:
Is their reaction honest?
Did I get the right gift for them?
Did I remember everything?
Am I scarring them for life because I forgot something?
Maybe it's just me but I noticed something odd in many Christmas movies:
They seem to have time to do everything, they remember details and they enjoy the process.
Plus people are happy (glowing, even) with receiving one gift.
It's almost irritating.
I find I'm so distracted by the business end of the holiday I forget the fun end.
So I'm trying to do it different this year and simply enjoy myself.
We've had a beautiful fluffy snowfall this year and it's breathtaking. It's all so...perfect.
It reminds me that we can't control every aspect of our lives. That we'd have done okay without the snow feature but having it somehow makes it all even more delightful.
It also reminds me that God takes care of the big stuff and even the small details. Like snow.
My challenge now is to behave how I believe; God is in charge so I'm free to relax.
Enjoy
Appreciate
Bless
Be blessed
Rest in the assurance that this Christmas is all about relationship(s). Not only relationships with our dear ones, but a relationship with our Dear One.
So it's time, my friends, to surrender the planning and working mode your brain has been in. You've been pushing and pulling the sled for a long time; now it's time to jump on it yourself and go for a wonderful ride.
WHHEEEEEEEEEE!
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