Today is the first Sunday of advent. I had posted a few days ago that being pregnant is making me think and evaluate everything. We had a great sermon today at church and it really convicted me and Christmas has already been on my mind.
In his sermon, Ron talked about the things that we have allowed to steal our joy this Christmas. The first thing being overcrowded calendars and the second stuff. I was really convicted by the stuff part. I have slowly but surely let stuff wiggle in and steal my joy in Christmas.
One of Adam and mine's favorite things to do at Christmastime is buy gifts for our family members. We like to plan and find the perfect gift for each person. This year we are really watching our money and we will not be able to buy Christmas gifts this year. I have found myself really saddened by this. I love showing people I love them by giving them gifts. And I have found myself wondering: how do I celebrate Christmas this year without being able to give gifts?
But that's not the point!! I have been having my Christmas joy in stuff and I hate that and I don't know how it happened. So that had led to some good conversations between Adam and I about celebrating Christmas and also how we will celebrate Christmas with our child.
One thing that really stood out to me from the sermon was this quote from Ron: "Christmas has become the time of the year when we tell our children that it is ok to covet."
Woah. That gave me a lot to think about. I definitely don't have the answers, but now my eyes have been opened to the questions I should be asking.
What have you done during the holidays to direct the joy to Jesus and not to gifts?
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