I love Christmas

I have to admit, I absolutely love the Christmas season. There is no better or finer time. I love everything about Christmas--the lights, the fragrances, the treats, the food, the eggnog, the music, the programs at church, the tv movies....all of it!!! I love it all!!!

I love the fact that one day long ago, God sent love and hope into the world in the form of a baby human....I love that He did it in humble circumstances, but still threw a great big party in the sky for the common to see. I love that He brought people from a completely different culture across the miles to worship His son under the light of a bright star. I love that He chose a young faithful girl to mother and love and raise His son. I love that before we even get to the cross, that Son lived the perfect life for us in our places. I am grateful that He gave that life to us by giving up His own. And I love that He rose again. And I love that we have the joyful expectation of seeing Him again.

I love that my family always treated Christmas as sacred. I am so grateful that it is such a time of joy for me every year. I love that God chose the Christmas season three years ago to crush my heart and self-perception and begin a massive reconstruction process on me. What better time could there have been for reconstruction? I love that I got to see what Christmas is like in a country where only 1 percent of the population is Christian. I love that Christmas is still Christmas there.

I love that I got to spend Christmas with my nieces last year. They are cute!!

And I love that this Christmas has and will be simple. That I have time to remember it's about Jesus alone. After all, Jesus is Christmas.