STOP!

3 days 'til Christmas and I can honestly say I have never felt so rushed! Usually I would think, "3 days? No problem!" But we leave tomorrow to stay with out of town family so not only do I have to finish Christmas gifts, wrapping, shopping, laundry, house cleaning, packing, cooking, baking... I have to do it all by tomorrow! I sat down in my chair (formerly my husband's chair that I have taken over as my sewing chair) and expected to just sit and have a good cry. But as I leaned back to breath I looked right at my daughter's little nativity play set. All the little pieces had been removed and lined up in a perfect line on the floor pre-nap and all that was left on my coffee table was the stable with baby Jesus inside. Nothing else. And isn't that how it should be? With all the hustle and bustle and rushing around to find the perfect gifts, how often we lose sight of the one perfect Gift! So forget the stress, the rush, and the worry and remember that we have the perfect Gift which this whole season is about!

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" — which means, "God with us."

Merry Christmas!