Faster, Faster

by Michele Boy | December 19, 2024

Here we are. Ten days left until the end of the year. While this year has flown by, I am so busy trying to complete these end of year tasks, I am not focused on Christmas. 
   Yes the stockings are hung, the tree is decorated, and most of the presents are here.  I admit I have gone over budget this year - Some Christmas and some just overall. Hoping to have a better budget for 2025. 
  Again, my heart at this moment is not on Jesus. It’s on everything else. Is that the norm for moms right now? 
  I have this picture in my head of a woman baking Christmas cookies, house clean, finances complete, budget intact, clothes folded, and she hums along to Christmas music playing in the background.  
   If you are looking for that woman, she is not me. I am messy, imperfect, a little over budget, clean clothes but in a basket, etc. And I found something moldy in my bread basket. 
   On top of those expectations I have for myself, I work. Due to the calendar, I need to get another paper out and ready as soon as this one goes to print. 
  We are alos preparing for our first set of baby lambs coming at the beginning of the year. So we need to have supplies ready. I have set up dental and eye appointments and there is a list of groceries to buy, presents to wrap, you know how it goes. 
 I also have to get a deer to the processor. Ahhhh!!
  Feeling a little more like Martha than Mary.  But not doing it as well. 
  There is lots of judgment on me by me. I don’t think that helps anyone. And when I see videos and social media posts about how Christians SHOULD act, my stomach turns. 
  Does that help anyone? 
If we could change all our thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors, we wouldn’t need Him. And what Jesus sees I need, isn’t the same as what you need right now. 
  An example is - The person smoking a cigarette isn’t using drugs. Telling them they aren’t a Christian says more about you than them. 
Where is your heart today?     
  Matthew 7:3-5 says, Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 
  A good reminder to us all this season is His grace, His mercy, and His love. 
  I hope we all get a moment to just stop, To look up at the stars, to remember the ancient world where the pace was slower and a baby was born in a manger. 
And remember that By His wounds we are healed.