“Christmas comes and it goes..but the thing is this..somehow Christmas becomes the most stress filled time of year for us..Amen..we get worried about everything..the gifts..what to make..where to go..were trying to keep up with schedules..events..outings..making time for everyone in our lives that we love dearly..trying our best not to leave anyone out..and all the while getting anxious..getting rushed..and in the midst of all of that..we miss it all..Amen..we miss the moment that were in..we miss the time that we’ve been given..because why you may ask?..well, because we are merely just crossing a thing off from our big ole to do list..that we have given ourselves to do..and if we don’t get it done or we don’t do it all..then we feel that we have failed..and that we have not measured up..Amen..and in turn we are stressed out..Amen..but in bring so stressed from all the doing we don’t enjoy any of it..Amen..and I don’t know where the table got turned to doing more and more around Christmas..Amen..because when I was growing up we did what we could with what we had..and family knew and they understood that no you may not get everything you wanted on that long Christmas list so to speak..but we always made sure to have something nice to eat..and always have a tree put up..because all of them lights truly does remind you and should remind us all of the true blue meaning of Christmas..Amen..which is Jesus our Lord’s birthday..Luke 2:12..Amen!”

“Because in all of it..it’s not about us..it’s not even about us receiving gifts..Amen..but it is about us remembering the true reason for the season..Amen..which is celebrate Christ and His coming to this world as a baby to save this world from all it’s sins..for He came and did for us what none of us could have ever done for ourselves..Amen..because we could never and will never measure up to being so holy and righteous..but God in His goodness sent His only Son Jesus to be the Savior of the world for whosoever will..Romans 10:13-15..Amen..so this Christmas let us remember Jesus..let us remember the great sacrifice that He made for you and I..and let us simply enjoy..and let us do what we can with what we have..because maybe we can’t do all that we wanna do..but we can do what we can do..and we can enjoy family..enjoy friends..and have a nice dinner..and good and wonderful scrumptious desserts..Amen..so let us not stress..but let us be stress free..Amen..filled up ever so much with thankfulness for Jesus..and for His birth..and for this beautiful and most glorious time of the year..Amen..for it is in His name..Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi ❤️