Deck The Halls, But Check Your Foundation!

I absolutely love this time of year! Decorating the tree while listening to Christmas music and then watching my favorite movies are something I really enjoy and always look forward to! It's also that time of year when it is so easy to become stressed and frustrated with the many tasks at hand!

While putting the ornaments on the tree yesterday, I took a trip down memory lane. It takes me forever it seems to unwrap the ornaments from their boxes and packaging, but because they're special, I don't want to break them! Many of the ornaments were gifts either given by our parents, family members or friends and hold special meaning. Others are even more special because Katie made them through the years when she was little. Those ornaments are priceless to me!

One ornament in particular stood out this year. It was "Our First Christmas Together 1984" ornament. This year makes the 24th year it has been on our Christmas tree. It was packaged in the original box, wrapped carefully in tissue paper to protect it. When I hung it on the tree, I noticed it had a few cracks, which to me was very much like our marriage and home life at times in the past. Fragile sometimes, but not broken. Together by God's grace and abiding love.

To me this was very symbolic of how God works in our walk with Him, our marriage, and homes. The ornament was safely packaged, carefully wrapped to guard it. The ornament was protected by its foundation if you will. When our lives are built on a solid foundation of following Jesus Christ, nothing can shake it even when there are bumps in the road, suffering, pain and even those frustrations of the holidays!

As the Christmas season is just beginning, don't let the rush rock your foundation with Jesus Christ. He was born for you!

Luke Chapt. 6:47-48 I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid a foundation on a rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.