I often think about how we continually escalate Christmas into this gift giving frenzy. We so easily lose the true meaning and get caught up in the materiality of the secular world. It's about so much more than that. The giving spirit that strikes us all around that time of year, should exist all year round, don't you think so too?
I wrote this the year I felt a new presence in my life. There was this excitement that I couldn't comprehend or explain. I felt as though I was a child again, with the expectation and hopes that surround Christmas Eve. But that year, Christmas Eve was just that, Christmas day was so much better. Usually, as a child, Christmas Eve had this hype, this tension, excitement only to be let down on Christmas morning because I didn't get what I expected. That year, I got so much more.
God needed a special woman's body in order to bring Jesus Christ into the world. He chose a woman befitting that honor. I have often thought about Mary's "YES" to God. What if she would have said no? I can't imagine my life without the hope of resurrection. If Mary had said no to God, that's exactly where we would be - no hope for resurrection. Thanks Mary!
