I truly love Christmas and the very meaning of it…Jesus. But, every year I seem to get miserable around this time of year! As I decorate I get more and more stressed as each ball goes on the tree, as each wreath goes on the window and as each strand of garland with lights and red bows are hung around my porch. Grant it, I get it done. I then feel like crap knowing it’s going to have to come down in a month!
My Home for Christmas
Even seeing my home all lit up with spot lights, red bows, wreaths and lighted garland draped around my huge front porch, having 2 trees, one in the foyer, tall slim tree decorated in hot pinks, lime, purple and aqua blue.
Foyer Tree
In the great room a Santa tree, of course decorated in Santa’s, all the kids stuff that was made at school, stuffed christmas animals and toys, big red and green balls and colored lights, a snow village with plenty of snow hanging from the mantle with stockings hanging from the fireplace insert, and my most favorite of all the manager scene, I still have the Christmas Blues.
Santa Tree
Snow Village
This year is even worse! I have only bought 2 presents and I have 4 children. Today is the 9th of December…I usually have my Christmas done by Thanksgiving or right after. I tend to use online Christmas! Can’t even do that this year, seeing that I have waited to late. Does anyone have this problem? Oh, I know I’m not the only one!
Stockings
Really…all I want for Christmas is to celebrate Jesus the Most High, Everlasting, Prince of Peace!
I would like to be relaxed and enjoy my family, some gift giving and some wonderful Christmas music with some eggnog! That’s all I want for Christmas!
Manager Scene
Here is how I usually look at it, I feel like going into hibernation mode. I just want to curl up and sleep right thru the holidays. I think I have seasonal affective disorder, ever what that is?? What’s even more difficult is trying to stay upbeat for my family and not bring them down, although I do tend to make them miserable while I’m putting all the decorations up. They want to help and I’m rearranging everything they put up…not good! As I am sitting here writing, the wind is blowing so hard, I hear decorations falling and hitting my porch! Why is it everytime the decorations go up the wind begins to blow? Happens every year!
While others, especially my children are counting the days until Christmas, I am counting the days until Christmas is over! They should make a pill you can take to get rid of the Christmas blues! I’m going to try my very best to get rid of my Christmas Blues starting now…relax and have a thankful Christmas.
Maybe I should start by saying what I’m thankful for:
- Christ died for me that I may have eternal life with Him.
- He changed my life when I accepted Him as my Savior.
- God gave me a Christian Mom and Dad.
- God gave me a very special husband that IS my hero, friend and the love of my life.
- God gave me 4 beautiful and wonderful precious children.
- God provided a way for me to stay home and raise my children.
- God gave me a Pastor and Church Crosspoint Community Church that meets the needs of my family, I/we are blessed to be apart of the vision of Crosspoint…that is winning unsaved people to the Lord…Crosspoint is very serious about this vision.
- God gave me my wonderful sisters.
- God gave me my beautiful neices and nehews.
- God gave me a special Mother and Father inlaw.
- God gave me a beautiful home to live in.
- I am thankful for the friends that have received me and my family at Crosspoint.
Well, I feel better, there is so many other things that I am thankful for and could have written, but this is a start and I will finish my list. When God is in the picture their is no reason to feel so blue. we may be struggling with trials in our life and sometimes it’s not easy to face these trials, but who better to go through them with than our Lord Jesus Christ! I pray that God will help me to focus on that which He has done for me and given me and take all the Christmas Blues out of my home. How about yours? Maybe you should make a list!
I will be praying for all you other Christmas Blues people. I pray that each and everyone of you will, love Jesus, celebrate Jesus, love your family, relax, give your gifts and have a joyful time listening to some great Christmas music, drinking hot chocolate and eggnog!
Joy to the world, the LORD is coming!
