Christmas 2007
I love everything about vacations and holidays except for one thing: by the time it is over you feel you need a vacation from your vacation. I think employers should give their employees an extra day to catch up on sleep and take a break from all the busyness. Just another idea of mine that will probably never happen.
Somehow, even with all the running around this year, we had a great Christmas. I didn’t doubt that we would. We spent the first part of the weekend with my wife’s family. This is always entertaining (in a good way). I love her family. My brother and his wife (and their dog) came in to town for a lengthy stay and we spent the latter part of the weekend with them. I have noticed that the older I get the more I appreciate my family. I know that I appreciated them before but it just seems so much more so now. Christmas day itself was a whirlwind. Lacey and I spent the first little bit of the morning together at home then we headed to my parents house to do gift time with my family. Then we headed up to Primetime for Christmas with my extended family. We didn’t have much time to spend there so we left before the Chinese gift exchange. Next we went to Lacey’s parents house to eat and exchange gifts. We watched Elf (of course) and the new Brian Regan DVD. If you haven’t heard Mr. Regan’s comedy you really should try it. As typical as all these things are of Christmas’s I have celebrated in the past, it is still just as special.
Through all of this it seemed to me that Christ got buried in a mound of gifts and food. It seemed like we were celebrating the gifts and people we were around. That is where all the attention was going. I really don’t know how do amend this. I don’t even know if I need to change it. I guess this is something I need to be praying about. I don’t feel that Jesus was left out of the celebration, I just can’t say with all honesty that he was the overwhelming focus. How do we focus in and make this aspect the biggest part?
Lord, thank you for sending your Son into the world to die and save us so that we could walk in a manner worthy of You in order to show Your greatness to the world. Help me to walk in You so that others will see Your Son in me everyday.
Brian
