By Rae Lynn DeAngelis
As a young mom, I wanted to make the Christmas season special for our family, like my mom had done for me and my siblings. But after a while, my desire to engage in the holiday hustle and bustle turned to dread. I felt a great deal of pressure to fit all the holiday happenings into that short window of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was exhausting.
Perhaps you can relate.
Peace and goodwill toward men should be the resounding theme of Christmas; yet, for me, somehow the most wonderful time of year had become the most stressful. Christmas was slowly becoming more commercial and less spiritual.
I tried to keep Jesus at the center, but the superficial Christmas to-do list ended up demanding more and more of my attention. Eventually, I felt a deficit in my spirit and knew that changes needed to be made.
I decided it was time to jump off the Christmas crazy-train.
Keeping a spiritual mindset through the holidays might seem impossible when so much of the season has been commercialized, but it’s easier than you might think.
To cultivate more peace, as well as viewing the sights and sounds of Christmas through a biblical lens, you too can keep your focus on the real reason for the season—Jesus.
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“But “the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger” (Luke 2:10-12).
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