Maybe you have a problem this Christmas season: busyness. Many people have complaints about Christmas, but none seem as frustrating as busyness. The good news is that it’s fixable. Do less. Buy less. Shop less. Plan easier meals. Give yourself time. Don’t try to be two places at once or all things to all people. Develop your inner radar for all crazy-makers – things or people – and then proceed with caution. Understand that busyness is a choice; it’s your choice. If you’re so busy that you wonder if you even have time for church or devotions, then you’re too busy and there’s no one else to blame but yourself. Pick a fight with yourself about this, if you need to. Why exist through another blur of frenetic Christmas activity, when you could choose a different path? The path to peace during the holidays is paved with “no.” The most effective weapon against busyness is the word “no.” Holiday is a word formed from the phrase holy day. Holy means set aside, different, separate. Holiness happens through the use of the word “no.” If your observance of the birth of Christ seems profane to you, perhaps it’s because you forgot to say “no.” When you say “no” to crazy busyness, you say “yes” to simple blessedness. May your Christmas this year be your best yet because busyness and stress has been displaced by worship and joy.
Pastor John Torres
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I was thinking that the financal crisis the country is having may actually be a good thing in one respect. It might cause a return to simpler times. The times when we concentrated on the Reason for Christmas and not on the gifts. Just a thought!
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