Oh my heart is bursting tonight... all the way home from family events tonight, my mind has been churning, my emotions a bit sentimental as I reflect on the past year and years. And tonight, after we arrived home, as I helped the girls spread their "reindeer food", the tears started. I looked at Ashley and said, " Ten years from now, when these two girls are off with friends or boy friends, we are going to be crawling up in our chairs feeling lonely!" Finally, after seven almost eight years of mother hood, I am learning what it feels like to want time to stand still!
So tonight, I felt the urge to help remind others that tomorrow as you gather with your families, to let time stand still. To embrace each moment, cherish each second, and let each memory take hold of your heart. Don't look at the clock, don't worry about tomorrow, don't move forward, just sit, grab the hand of those dear, tell the ones you love how much they mean to you, and let time stand still.
I hope tomorrow finds you with the ones you love, I hope it finds you with the things you desire, but more importantly, I hope it finds you in awe of a precious Saviour who came so many years ago in a stable, so ordinary, but yet so extraordinary! No matter where you are, remember God can use anyone, anywhere, to do magnificent things for Him!
Stand in awe of His power. It was just last December, I climbed in my attic, and parted with box after box after box of "baby things." Knowing I was done having kids, having given up on my sister having a child, we cleaned the attic, cleaned out our storage unit and parted ways with all those sweet baby things. And yet this Christmas, as I sit here with tears pouring from my eyes, I am in awe of a God who has made time stand still for my family. For just like so many years ago, as the wise men and shepherds came to stand in awe of an awesome Saviour, I will gather with my family and stand in awe that the same miraculous power that was present so many years ago, is still alive and working right in my own family!
I am not sure what many of you may need this Christmas, but may I remind you of a amazing God who will never forget about you! Just as I can never imagine a Christmas without my girls all tucked in their beds so close to me, I am certain, He can not imagine Heaven without you! Whatever your impossible is this Christmas, whatever you have given up on and let go of, hang on for just a bit longer, I think you might be surprised that your Christmas miracle is just around the corner!
Words could never express my joy this Christmas. For tonight, as I lay my head on my pillow, I stop, let time stand still, and stand in awe of a wonderful Saviour, who still does the impossible! Tonight, for the first time, my sister will tuck her sweet little girl in bed on this Christmas Eve, something that just last year felt impossible. Don't give up, keep reaching, keep believing, because I can personally tell you this Christmas about an extraordinay King who was born so that you and I might live and He is still in the MIRACLE business!
May your Joy be overflowing in the coming year, may God show you the impossible, and may you reach so many others for Him!
Lots of love your way this Christmas!
That was beautiful, Amy. Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS with your precious family!!!
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