The needles of the Christmas tree
are beginning to cover the floor.
The ornaments
are ready to fall off
of the now weakened branches.
The outside garland and bows
are beginning to droop
The shelves
at the store are emptying
as they make room for valentines day.
The Hallmark Christmas specials
are being replaced with football games
because
they are all~
Getting tired of Christmas.
Are you getting tired of Christmas as we are only days before the big day?
The pressure rising
to check everything off of the list
because
what if you don’t get everything done~
then what?
What if you don't buy the present?
What if you don't get the cookies baked?
What if you don't feel like falalalalal-ing this week~
because
you are tired of Christmas?
I am tired of Christmas.
I am tired of hearing the words
“I have so much to get done”
“What can I get for him or her”
“I only have ____ days left to shop”~
statements which
have the power to turn
Christmas into a
"Hollow"-Day~
A day without
The Baby.
This morning I feel
hollow and am
questioning what is wrong with me
because I am not “feeling” like it is
Christmas
as I am
trying to conjure up the feelings of
Christmas~
that childlike Christmas spirit
of great anticipation and great expectation ..
just waiting
for
Santa to come.
But as an adult,
just because I no longer wait for Santa to come,
does that mean I no longer have great anticipation and great expectation?
It all depends on where I am putting my hope~
my
Hope
in what
is not seen~
not in what present
I am going to buy or receive
or
whether I get everything done for the one big day.
My
Hope
is not in a day.
Joy
returns this morning
as I sweep up the needles on my floor
and look up at the star
that leads me to the sleeping
Baby
in the manger
Who is my
Hope~
The One
Who takes the
“Hollow”
out of my day,
out of every moment
and
this Christmas season.
I may be tired of the Christmas Season,
but that doesn’t mean I am tired of
Jesus
because
The Baby
is who I am focused on.
The Baby
who has transformed this heart of mine
into the heart of a child~
A child
filled with great anticipation and expectation
because of all
The Baby
has for me
as
He is the
Gift
I have to open
today, tomorrow and the day after that.
The Baby
Who takes the hollow out of my every day.
My
Joy
returns
when my heart is filled with
The Baby
who is my
Joy
because
He is the only
Gift of Christmas.
Are you tired of Christmas?
Is it a just a Hollow-Day?
"What is Christmas? If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger. What is Christmas without Christ?"
The Chorus from this beautiful song,
"This is Christmas"
Enjoy!