So today I'm finally putting together my December calendar. Are you kidding me?! This is fun and relaxation? To be honest, personally I can only handle so much fun in a month. I'm already looking for "break days" and it has't even started. Is this the propensity of our culture or is it just me? Go-go-go. I've penciled in parties, luncheons, dates of many varieties and a production. Don't even think, 'Wow Karen your schedule is packed'...look at yours! I've covered the kids, family, co-workers, friends, ministry partners, neighbors and then some. Did I schedule time for everybody? Have I missed scheduling time with someone this Christmas season?
In our busy schedules, lets make sure we don't overlook two important truths. This is a season to reflect on peace and the Prince of Peace. Peace as in a stillness. Quiet. Serene. 
This is what I feel as I run down my road. There is a crisp chill in the mornings, but not too cold. I'm stretched and am anticipating that sense of...quiet; to all my senses. A little fog hangs in the treetops and the road winds gently through the woods with the treetops arching over the roadway. Green, orange, red and yellow is the variety of color that awaits me. Beautiful, peaceful and quiet. Thats what I'm talking about. Or is yours sitting by the ocean and watching the ebb and flow of the water? Or maybe the best you can shoot for today is simply getting all the kids out of the house!!
This is what I feel as I run down my road. There is a crisp chill in the mornings, but not too cold. I'm stretched and am anticipating that sense of...quiet; to all my senses. A little fog hangs in the treetops and the road winds gently through the woods with the treetops arching over the roadway. Green, orange, red and yellow is the variety of color that awaits me. Beautiful, peaceful and quiet. Thats what I'm talking about. Or is yours sitting by the ocean and watching the ebb and flow of the water? Or maybe the best you can shoot for today is simply getting all the kids out of the house!! The second truth we need to focus on this Christ-mas is well, staying Christ-focused. Lets remember to "schedule" our time with Him. Priority. First Choice. Prime time. My best to offer. Or, perhaps you struggling to fit Him in? Actions speak louder than words. Show Jesus that you offer Him your time, your schedule and your priorities, not that He get's the left-overs.
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Karen, wow, is this picture by your house?!? Peacefulness to me doesn't get better than this... being up in the morning, before anyone else, with a cup of coffee, and my bible, on the porch, in the cool of the morning, hearing nothing but the faint noise of traffic on I-10. Ofcourse it would be better with out the rustling traffic in the background. Maybe one day I'll live on a chunk of land.. if so I'll have a big porch with rocking chairs! Early morning - coffee - God's word.....Ahhhh what serenity!
Thanks for the reminder Karen in this busy season :-)
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