Christmas Time!

It is Christmas Eve and I am filled with overwhelming joy as to the reason for the season. Jesus.
This is the day that I celebrate the fact that God sent the ultimate sacrifice necessary for us to spend eternity with Him. When you pick apart this simple truth, the love wrapped in such an act - and the love displayed through Jesus' entire life. It. Melts. Your. Heart.

And even still, we are blessed with other awesome things that make this holiday season uniquely enjoyable - and I say this with reservations because the knowledge of Jesus and his story creates such a unmatchable joy, but I feel that the Lord blesses us even further still with simple pleasures we sometime over look in life. Particularly during the holiday season.

-Crisp, fresh weather.

-Time spend with family and friends.

-The gift of blessings others.

-The smells and aromas that come along with the holidays; fires, hot cocoa, baked goods and more :)

-Christmas Lights

-and for those that are lucky enough, SNOW.

-so so so much more.

I hope and pray that we all are able to take stock in what our amazing Lord has given us, Jesus, and the life He has blessed us with here on Earth. I pray that we will not become wrapped up in the things of this world, but have our hearts set on things above. Especially during this holiday season <3 Merry Christmas Eve!

seriously.

Thank you Jesus. For loving me unconditionally. For revealing the sin in my life. For forgiving me - especially because I know that I don't deserve it. It amazes me how wretched and wicked I am, and how you still love and care for me. Thank you, for being love.


Thank you for showing up in my life consistently. I pray that I would hear and yearn for your simple whisper (1 Kings 19).


Thank you for showing me more truths about you every day. I fall more in love with you every day, and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life serving you - wherever you call me.