Busy, busy, busy...

Christmas break. I'd like to talk to the person who invented that term, because maybe then I could understand what exactly he/she meant by those 2 words. I don't know about the rest of the human beings out there, but I haven't found much of a "break" during this time of celebrating. Everything is "Hurry! Hurry!!! HURRY!!!", a symptom quite commonly known as stress, and none of it ever seems to end...Not even for a short second.

But even amidst all the craziness, the endless shopping, the calories upon calories to gourge yourself upon, the pretty lights and decorations that take forever to put up and people criticize if they aren't straight, the baking in which something is always mistakenly left out of AT LEAST one recipe (ex. sugar, salt, baking powder/soda, flour, etc.), and the joy and happiness seems so often forced upon you, there's so much more to this merry season.

Wait!!! Hold up a sec!!! You mean there is MORE I have to remember?!?!?!?!? I thought I covered it all!!! Ok, so there may be some that I missed like giving to others, Christmas caroling, making sure you get all the good deals before everyone else, but those things are a given. You're saying that there's STILL more that makes this even more important?!?!?!?!?

But then it hits me. I suddenly remember the single most important thing that makes Christmas what it REALLY is. The shopping, baking, parties, sales, gifts...They can all vanish and never come back, and we would still have what Christmas truely is. Actually, it might be good for all of us. We could all use a trip back to the basics I think.

Mary and Joseph, the Baby Jesus, angels appearing to the shepherds in the feild, the 3 wise men, the star that led them to a little insignificant stable in the town of Bethleham...The list goes on! Has it even ended yet???...

Anyway, just a trip through my head as I struggle with the main thing: Keeping the Main Thing the mMain Thing. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and succeed in your life at keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing. God bless you all!

In Him,

<>< Christi <><