Christmas & The Decade
If you have let Christmas "sneak up" on you, it's right here. Ten days. Next week. Right around the corner. However you want to put it, it's upon us. If you haven't made plans for yourself, it's very likely plans have been made for you. You might want to check on those. Either people are coming your way or you are heading toward other people.
We've gotten into a pretty consistent routine in our family. Not that each year is the same as the last. I guess it's really less routine, actually more like traditions. From the way we put up the decorations at home, to which days we spend at which family. I like all that. Christmas lights in yards, Christmas music on the radio, Christmas concerts and pageants. Food, snacks and treats that we could make all the time, but only seem right at Christmas.
My hope is that this Christmas season brings you the best that you, your family, and your friends have to offer each other. When that happens it's easy to extend some extra care and giving to those who we aren't quite connected to as well.
We're also close to wrapping up the first decade of this century. That gives me a bit more pause than usual for the end of a year. Not that a ten year period of time in which the first three digits are the same are really more special than any other ten consecutive years. But people tend to categorize things, so there we are.
This decade took me from my early 30's to over 40. From the father of one teen to "kids" that are now both in their 20's and launching their adult lives. From a self-employed business owner with plans of wealth and fortune to a youth minister in which monetary income has become almost an afterthought. From a college drop out to plans for graduate school. From someone new to the reality of true faith to making faith a fundamental aspect of how I order my life. This has been an interesting and transformative decade for me. My priorities have changed over these years and I've clarified many values that lacked definition. Those priorities and values have become a driving force to the authenticity of my faith and the way I approach it.
So enjoy everyone in your life, give them all your best, and help them to be their best as well. Jesus appeared and shared that very outlook when came to us. The world will never be the same because of him, and it will never be the same because of you. Take this season of celebration and this time of transition to carve out the direction you want for your life and for those entrusted to your care. God has provided us with gifts beyond our worth. Love is the reason for it all. Accept it and share it.
Be Blessed!
Michael
We've gotten into a pretty consistent routine in our family. Not that each year is the same as the last. I guess it's really less routine, actually more like traditions. From the way we put up the decorations at home, to which days we spend at which family. I like all that. Christmas lights in yards, Christmas music on the radio, Christmas concerts and pageants. Food, snacks and treats that we could make all the time, but only seem right at Christmas.
My hope is that this Christmas season brings you the best that you, your family, and your friends have to offer each other. When that happens it's easy to extend some extra care and giving to those who we aren't quite connected to as well.
We're also close to wrapping up the first decade of this century. That gives me a bit more pause than usual for the end of a year. Not that a ten year period of time in which the first three digits are the same are really more special than any other ten consecutive years. But people tend to categorize things, so there we are.
This decade took me from my early 30's to over 40. From the father of one teen to "kids" that are now both in their 20's and launching their adult lives. From a self-employed business owner with plans of wealth and fortune to a youth minister in which monetary income has become almost an afterthought. From a college drop out to plans for graduate school. From someone new to the reality of true faith to making faith a fundamental aspect of how I order my life. This has been an interesting and transformative decade for me. My priorities have changed over these years and I've clarified many values that lacked definition. Those priorities and values have become a driving force to the authenticity of my faith and the way I approach it.
So enjoy everyone in your life, give them all your best, and help them to be their best as well. Jesus appeared and shared that very outlook when came to us. The world will never be the same because of him, and it will never be the same because of you. Take this season of celebration and this time of transition to carve out the direction you want for your life and for those entrusted to your care. God has provided us with gifts beyond our worth. Love is the reason for it all. Accept it and share it.
Be Blessed!
Michael
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