Open Christmas Theme Topic (150 words maximum)
The Christmas Rush
by Lynda Otter
Christmas is coming! I have my list! Somehow, it seems longer than usual. Unexpected circumstances including sickness have put me behind. I read the list and already feel burned out. When did it get to be this way? Why do we have all these expectations of ourselves? Sighing deeply, I retreat to spend time with God. And slowly, deep in my spirit, I begin to feel the hope, the peace, the joy, and the love of this Christmas season. The hope of Christ’s birth, and of his second coming. The peace of the Holy Spirit dwelling in me. The joy that has nothing to do with my circumstances and everything to do with Jesus. The amazing, deep, all-encompassing love God showed for me by sending his son to take my sins upon his shoulders. And so, I relax and say with all the saints, ‘Come Lord Jesus, come.’