25 Days of Christmas: Whom or What Am I Worshipping This Christmas?

Even with a sick little man, my gracious husband let me sneak away Monday night to be able to attend the Christmas get together with the young women at our church.  We are still fairly new to this body of believers but I love the way they have welcomed us and I am crazy about this group of women.  This week we were focusing on the Christmas season.  The wise woman who leads the group asked this question: “Are you worshipping Christ or are you worshipping Christmas?”  The next thought I had was: “Am I worshipping Christ or am I worshipping the fact that I am teaching my kids about Christ during Christmas?”

I have loved helping my family to implement new ways to focus this season on Christ and continuing the things we already have in place. We are in this unique place where our boys are still young and we can begin traditions that will build a foundation for them to see this season for what it truly is: a time to celebrate the birth of our Savior and to anticipate His return again one day.

Busyness is Busyness. It doesn’t matter if it is the busyness of overbuying Christmas gifts and filling the month of December with Santa, Ms. Claus, and reindeer or it is making a Jesse tree, stocking a food pantry, or building a gingerbread nativity.  I can get just as lost and caught up in the things that are supposed to focus on the birth of Christ. It isn’t about the Advent activities or the Happy Birthday Jesus parties ... it is about my heart.  Am I worshipping Christ?  Am I focusing on what the incarnation means for me? Or am I worshipping the activities and traditions that I have put in place? I can plan all kinds of activities with the right message and work until I am exhausted to make sure this month is chock full of Jesus, but in the end, my boys and all of those around me this season will see more of Jesus by seeing a heart that WORSHIPS and ADORES the SAVIOR.  Because busyness is busyness and idols are idols, I will make a choice to worship the Savior.  Oh...how much more the month chock full of Jesus will mean to my family when my heart is focused on the glory of God not the glory of Lindsay.