Emotions. Budgets. Schedules. Relationships. They're all stretched in December. I can't help but wonder, is it possible to get through the holidays without stretching? It seems like no matter how hard I try to plan and prepare and slow down, I still feel stretched.
Maybe it's the way God intended. The first Christmas Mary, great with child, stretched. Her abdomen swelled and stretched as she endured the discomfort of a pregnancy. She was full of Christ. Emmanuel. God. With. Us.
So as Christmas stretches, I can remember the first Christmas and the promise of Emmanuel. I can choose to be full of Christ.
Lord, help me to be full of you today. Empty me and fill me. Stretch me. Forgive me for forgetting I am full of your spirit. In Jesus Name, Amen.
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