This CHRISTMAS EVE was so different for me. Have you ever had visions of how Christmas Eve is supposed to be but then it just falls totally out of that picture you have in your mind? Well, Ashley and Lytton came down later than I thought they would and Ashley's friends came over, which was super nice but I hadn't planned on and Zach and Mikell came home from her family's party, and was in a rush to get their kids to bed and I felt rushed to hurry and get the kids to open their few gifts I get them to open on Christmas Eve including new Jammies, their Christmas Books and the Family Yearbook I had made them this year. It was just so scattered feeling and I was a little bummed. I stayed up way later (2:00 am) than what I had wanted stuffing stockings and putting out presents. I went to bed with the hope that Christmas Day would be the best and everything would go according to what I had in my little mind!
As I lay in bed that night I had looked out the hole in my blinds in my room that give me a perfect view of the outside and oh my goodness! It was so beautiful and quiet out there with the falling snow, and the neighbors' beautiful lights and it was so peaceful and still. I lay there staring out the window for several minutes pondering on the peace that the soft falling snow on this Christmas winters night brought to me and compared it to the stillness and the peace the Saviors love gives to me when my soul needs calming and things are feeling chaotic in my life. It was good to remember the true meaning of why we celebrate CHRISTMAS It's Jesus Christ and the gifts he continually gives us throughout the year. I hope I will take more time in my busy days to feel and reflect upon the stillness and peace he gives me if I will just take the time to listen and feel of his spirit.
Next year I will get a pic of everyone in their new jammies!
Lytt and Ash smooching under the mistletoe!
No comments:
Post a Comment