The presents are all bought, wrapped, and under the re-decorated tree. The food is ready to travel tomorrow – a blackberry wine cake and a cheeseball. The pageants and cantatas have all been presented. The house is semi-clean, the kids are home, and the stockings are ready.
I’m still not feeling “it.” But that’s ok, because I know that tonight in our sanctuary, after we take communion and they turn down the lights, we’ll light our candles and sing Silent Night. And then, finally, I’ll feel it. Christmas will be here, in my heart, having arrived in the guise of a little baby. That’s the Christmas spirit, and it never fails to show up.
My prayer for you is that moment – whether it’s tonight, or tomorrow, or maybe even in the quiet next week after all of the craziness is over – when you know the Christ child is here, alive and well in your heart.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~ Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
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