Dec 6, 2019
As you receive Christmas cards this year from friends and family, you may see sparkling photos with brilliant smiles and loving family sentiments. It is so beautiful to celebrate families and share warm greetings and happiness during this time of year. It’s right that we highlight the good. In fact, God tells us to dwell on whatsoever things are good.
Following tradition, I just got through writing a Christmas letter that I will include with our Christmas cards this year. And while I mean every single thing I wrote, can I just be honest for minute? Behind that update and highlighting of all our good times, there is the daily struggle I don’t mention. I didn’t talk about the non-stop bickering between my boys and the exhausting days that leave Brandon and me sometimes irritable and snapping at each other. If we are honest, behind every glowing Christmas card and letter, there is a real family, living real life, and facing real struggles.
I write this to say we shouldn’t compare our families to the standard of the Christmas card families. Every one of us is fighting a battle of some sort. So let’s be sure to give ourselves and others some grace this holiday season and remember with confidence who we are in Christ: Loved. Forgiven. Chosen. Redeemed. Blessed. Secure. Joyful. Because that’s what makes Christmas something to celebrate!
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