Trying to hold onto the real meaning of Christmas

Yes, we all try to hold onto the real meaning of Christmas every time we see something or hear something that depresses us. We tell ourselves that Christmas isn't about gifts, it's about the ultimate gift of God's son coming down to Earth to save us from our sins. One day, hopefully and prayerfully soon, we will be with him forever. Sometimes that's a scary thought. Most of the time it's a freeing thought. No longer do we have to be bound by the shackles the world tries to bind us with or threatened with scenes that spoil our dreams. We can take a hold of the precious promises the Lord gives us daily.

We can thank God for his son and for the life that he brings to this dark world. It is his miraculous birth that we celebrate each year. I know that I have to remind myself that the real meaning of Christmas is that God is with us. We don't have to be afraid or desperate enough to take anything that comes along. God has something better. It's hard to believe sometimes, especially when time is ticking down to the last moments of the year and we feel that our choices are becoming increasingly limited. Will he bless us?

Yes, he will bless us if we only believe and trust our conscious mind to go the way the Lord leads us to go. I have been praying for the Lord's leading in many areas of my life. I struggle though with decisions that I must make soon. I feel as if my head is splitting in two with all the choices. I fear I'll make the wrong one and regret it for the rest of my life. I know that the only way I'll find peace is to let go and let God handle it. His timing is perfect. Mine isn't.