Where I am

Expect this.
There will probably be big gaps in my blog as it goes along. There is between the last one I posted and this one. I only really want to post when I really feel that I have stuff to talk about, rather than talk for the sake of talking.

Today is Christmas - and I wish it was more.
That's not me saying I wish I had gotten more, eaten more, done more - in fact, I've had a great day - I've done a fair few things, I've eaten too much, and I definitely own too much.
It's not to say that Christmas doesn't feel like it did as a kid. It doesn't, but that's expected.
What I mean is that it is really hard to find Christmas these days. Really hard. And I get that that must sound weird - each year we have all this advertising Christmas, in shops, decorations in the streets, our houses and so on so that we can't miss it. We even have all those people who go on about the real meaning of Christmas - all those films that talk about love, or family, or giving. Occasionally we get the people who get even closer and talk a bit about Jesus. But even still, I don't think we find Christmas.
If I'm totally honest, knowledge of God, His grace and His favour have not been at the centre of my day. And I even went to church for the Christmas service this morning (and midnight mass last night for that matter).

Christmas is about a lot of things, I'll give you that.
These days it is about gifts, it is about decorations, it is about giving, it is about receiving, it is about family, it is about love. But at the centre it is about Jesus.
It is about his birth, it is about the shepherds, it is about the manger. But at the centre it is about God, coming to earth for you.

The problem I'm having now is that that is one of the messages we hear at Christmas. Repeated parrot fashion. We know it. We think we do anyway.

But stop. Stop there. Think. God came to earth for you. Jesus was born for YOU. Stop for a minute and think about that. Go on, right now, stop, think about it, come back to this blog when you've thought about it for a bit. God came for you. Go and think about that. Go on.
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It's big.

This year, may you realise the significance of Christmas, really realise it.
Because my words can never do that justice. I pray you encounter the significance of that realisation and that you encounter Jesus for yourself. He is all you need.