I fully know what the reason for the season is because I not only celebrate and worship the Lord during the last month of the year but the other 11 as well. Those who know me know I have a deep love for Christmas, more than most. There is just something about the spirit of Christmas that warms my heart and lights up my spirit. No matter where I am Christmas is always with me and for the last three months of the year I not only wear it as far as my personality goes but it is strongly displayed in my home. I am truly an interior design junkie and at Christmastime the level of my joy of decorating goes into overdrive. It is fun for me to map out room by room and corner by corner as to how I will visually display some aspect of Christmas.
Family is so important to me for the Lord is the one who has blessed me with a family from my parents on up to my children and grandchildren. My joy was sharing my love for Christmas with my kids and grandkids. I can think back year by year how I played a part in assuring that they had sweet memories of the holiday season and knowing what the true meaning of that time was all about. Yes, we still watched Christmas cartoons and movies that may not have put the emphasis solely on Jesus but we knew the real reason for the season. My children are all grown up now but the memories leading up to them reaching adult of christmases past here never left me and we are still making memories together going forth with each passing year.
This year in 2022 there is just something so different about the feel this holiday season. Yes, the same joyous feeling remained and the same lavish of love was present as always. It just felt a little different this year and I can't fully explain it. The fact that the 25th of December is about Jesus takes it over the top for me and this year the feeling just felt stronger than decades back. I have never left Christ out even in the midst of the fact that santa claus was more of a focal point then He was. I made up my mind years ago that more emphasis would be put on Jesus in my home and with each passing year it grows. I know next year has not even gotten here yet and I am already taking in to account how I want to represent Christ in my home next season. Make no mistake I take not one day for granted and know that it will only be by the Grace of God if I get the opportunity for these things to come to fruition in the near future. I am grateful in the moment that I am in right now a mere 4 days past Christmas 2022 and only 4 days away from 2023.
I still remember the vision I had before the holiday season arrived and every piece I found that helped complete the vision of Christmas 2022 in my home. Life brings about changes, losses will happen, plans can abruptly take a different turn, even your mindset can change involving the holiday season depending upon what you have survived over the years. Many life changes have happened for me and I am grateful for what is and what is not. In conjunction with all the changes in my life over the years I have never lost my love for Christmas and I pray that I never do.
Time evolves with or without us and we have to adjust to the times and the situations that life and time sits in our lap. It is truly a blessing to continue to be in your right mind and good health. I am grateful to still have both. I am grateful for each new morning that the Lord opens my eyes and allows me to get out of the bed and move around and through my home on my own by His Grace.
As the holiday season comes to a close in 4 days my prayer going forth is that repentance and revival will blanket our world. I pray that the spirit of division and hatred will dissipate. I pray that love will blanket the earth. Only we can make these changes inside and out. We have to be willing participants to be the change we want to see happen in this world.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to come!
Peace and Blessings,
Country Living Grandma
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