I love the simplicity of this sign.
Peace
It is what this season is all about after all.
A Savior who was born with the purpose to save and restore, to bring peace to people that live in a world full of brokenness and grief.
Sometimes I have moments of forgetfulness and as I pass billboards that have countdowns telling me I only have 8 days until Christmas, a sense of panic starts to rise within me. I start running through my mental list of all the people I still need to buy for, the events we have planned this week, my grocery list. Not to mention all the FUN things that I want to do with Ford.
There are so many things that I love about this season, but I tend to try and do too much.
(And for every hour I spend on Pinterest or Instagram, my list of new things that we HAVE to do grows by about 15!!)
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This morning, my son sat on the kitchen counter with me and decorated sugar cookies. He got those blessed green and red sparkles EVERYWHERE and he had the biggest smile on his face. Those cookies weren’t the prettiest, but they sure tasted great, and they were made with a LOT of love.
The thing that my son keeps teaching me over and over is that if he has my full attention, we aren’t hurried, and he gets to try something on his own… he is the happiest.
He was the happiest this morning.
As good as my intentions are when it comes to all the holiday traditions, doing ALL THE THINGS may not be the best thing for my son (or for me.) I always think things are going to be so fun, but in reality, my excitement can overlook really important things (like nap time). Kind of a big deal when you are two.
My son isn’t going to remember how “fun” it was to see Santa -and neither will we- if he is screaming the whole time because he just wants to be down running around. (If you have ever met my son, you wont have a hard time imagining this…)
I have slowed down this season and it’s made me realize that it is much easier to teach my son about Jesus when we are not in a hurry.
I want my son to grow up knowing that the Lord provides, and that we have everything we need. (We don’t need a bunch of presents).
The Lord is in the quiet places, He is there when we seek Him and we need to seek Him often. (It is easy to be distracted, but we don’t need all the distractions to be happy).
It is His peace that will sustain us in this life, not money, status, or anything else that we pursue. (A relationship with Jesus is the most important thing in this life. Everything else is material and will fade).
My son will most likely look to Mason and I to model these truths for him, and if He doesn’t see it at home, how will he know that it is real and worth putting his trust in?
More than anything, I want him to know that Christmas is full of wonder in that a God loved us so much, that he decided to strip himself of His own deity, to be born just as a human, and to live the life of a human; to know our weaknesses, our hurts.
He was born to die, as the only way to allow us to have lasting peace.
How incredible a love that must be.
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If you are in it; in the madness of the Christmas season. I would encourage you to stop. Take a breath and remember the true meaning of Christmas and how loved and special you are to the God that created you.
Coast x Coast Motherhood 