“Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I’ve ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing….
It seems that every year the Christmas season sneaks up on me. There are so many things I want to do, experience, and savor! I want to deck the halls with more Christmas lights, sing more Christmas carols, craft the perfect Christmas letter, drink more eggnog lattes,
She [Mary] treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19
Tree cutting, putting up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, BIG family gatherings, holiday baking, presents, Christmas Eve service, reading the story of Jesus.