Its hard to believe that it is Christmas already! For me at least it seemed fairly distant until suddenly it was next week and I hadn’t got as organised as I had promised myself I would be. However, all the important things have and are happening despite lack of preparedness.
Although I do like to be organised, sometimes I think we can over prepare and spoil the joy and spontaneity of special events. After all sometimes the most wonderful things happen out of the blue, and the original Christmas was one of them. Mary certainly didn’t have a birth plan for her baby, it happened and it all turned out for the best. I am not saying we should be totally unprepared, but perhaps we should allow a little room for God to intervene and who knows, just make things even better than we planned for.
Christmas is not a military operation, and it really doesn’t matter if we get our timings a bit wrong for the turkey or the Brussel sprouts, it just makes things a bit more interesting. If we can relax and enjoy ourselves rather than getting cross, then everyone else relaxes too, and joy can creep in.
I do wish everyone a wonderful Christmas, whether you are being quietly joyful on your own, or your house is bulging at the seams with visitors. At this holy season of Christmas may God be in your hearts, minds, words and actions and bring you peace.
Many blessings, Revd. Enid
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