This weekend was the first of a flurry of Christmas parties that lie ahead in the next few weeks. Although it becomes a little overwhelming having to be in seven and a half places at once it is also a time of year that I so enjoy spending time with friends that I don't see nearly as much as I'd like. There is just something about being in the presence of good people that a gift card, fluffy slippers or good tunes just pales in comparison.

It also in these next few weeks that life seems to kick into crazy train status and in that how easy it is to get sucked into the realm of insanity distracting us from the meaning of this holiday season: Christ's birth. He is, in all sense of the word, the reason for the Season. I thank God for sending His Son, for providing the ultimate definition of love, sacrifice, forgiveness and healing. Our God is a great, loving and profoundly epic creator that I am continually in awe of.

Make sure to not let the tinsel, ribbons and santa hats over shadow what this time of year is actually about. Fight the distractions and take some time to soak in how epic the meaning for the season really is. Dig it.


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