A very gray (grey?) tuesday at that. It's rainy but it's a weird misty rain. Not enough to warrent an umbrella but too much to walk comforatbly outside with something over your head.
Gray Day SeriesOil Painting by Kathryn Bevier
Adam and I have been talking about our expectations for Christmas this year. Asking questions like:
What's the budget for the holiday season?
Where are we expected to be and on what dates and do we want to?
Are we doing a tree this year? (I keep going back and forth on this one)
What are we doing for each other if anything?
If so, what would he want? What would I want?
What are we doing with the youth group?
(For Adam) What are you expected to do/be at for church/work?
I myself always feel the need to talk it all out. I just don't want any surprizes of mixed up expectations I think.
My family (my mom especially) was and is a family that likes to celebrate. Birthdays & holidays always consisted of gathering, decorating, gifts, candles giving off yummy smells, .... Adam's family also celebrates but in a usually more laid back, let it happen-as-it-will sort of way. So that's Adam and the other is me.
We have to make sure we're on the same page.
But I've learned over the years that the holiday season (regardless of presants, what you do, where you go, or who you're with) is only ever full of joy when your heart is full of joy and thankfulness. You don't need to feel "like it's Christmas." It is. It is just because this is the time when we celebrate the fact that God heard His people and sent His only son to give them a chance at Life.
That's all it is.
The rest is just thick, sugary icing that will ruin the cake if you put too much on.
Got it, Kensie? It's about Him, not you or them.
This post got pretty heavy pretty fast. I guess I'm just getting myself ready for small group tonight ;)
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