A Christmas Prayer...

God as we anticipate the coming of your Son and the celebration of this time it is so beautiful to think about this separation of our religious duties outlined by rules in which we follow to sustain our relationship with you, rules in which you never intended to show us your love but to show us the dependence we need to have you! God today, may I realize the beauty of this season, not for the hustle and bustle of the running to and fro trying to accomplish that which have been told to accomplish, but purposely slow down anticipating the guest at our house that will arrive on Christmas Eve, the one looking for a place to stay. God may we remember the journey which Joseph and Mary took upon during this time, the obedience that was very costly to their comfort, God may we live out the same obedience that is costly to our comfort for the sake of living out the importance of our journey. God forgive me for making this season about me and the presents and the gifts and forgetting what it truly meant to those surrounding the baby Jesus! Their was a disturbance to their mundane life. They heard the call and followed the star, disobeying Kings and ideals to live out the purpose in which you called each of them to! God I thank you for the slowing down and seeing this today! God thank you for allowing me to see this!