Will You Take the Time to Remember the Best Gift Ever?

Will you take the time to remember the best gift ever this Christmas? It is easy to become distracted and overwhelmed with preparations during the holiday season. Add the struggles and grief, which often intensify during the holidays, and Jesus is sometimes left out. Yet the Savior is the reason for the season.

“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” 

(2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV)

Before I learned a new set of rules, I would put God on hold until Christmas parted. I often counted the days down until the chaos would pass. Knowing then, I would return to abide with our Savior and bask in His peace and love. However, I missed so much joy and love in the present moment. It was as if I had a wrapped gift and refused to open it up until later.

However, 

Four Ways to Help Open up the Best Gift This Christmas

1. Set Aside Time With God

Dedicate daily time to sit with the Lord and remember the best gift we will ever receive is Jesus. Spend time in scripture, prayer, and listening to His voice. This season I am reading Jesus Calling for Christmas by Sarah Young. Inside the cover, you will find 50 seasonal devotions and beautiful pictures that remind me of what an awesome creator we have. 

What are you concentrating on in your time with God?

2. Abide with God

Jesus wants to walk with us hand in hand every moment of the day and experience our joy, heartache, struggles, and triumphs. As the busyness or challenges of the season come upon us, bring your thoughts back to the miraculous gift of Jesus.

3. Remember God’s Faithfulness

Take the time to look back and record how the Lord has been faithful in your life. Include those God moments where His presence was undeniable or when something happened, and you knew it had to be the Lord. You can choose a period of time, like the past year, or let your mind wander to a lifetime of blessings. A look-back journal is a valuable tool, as explained in “What Happens When You Look Back?”

4. Intentionally Love God

Let’s slow down this Christmas season and express our love for God through small intentional steps. The idea might sound like another task to add to a long to-do list. However, the peace, joy, and love we will receive will help us experience and remember the best gift ever. For more ideas on how to love God, visit our post for week one of Intentional Christmas Love.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

(John 3:16 NIV)

Intentional Christmas Love

My prayer and hope for each of us this month is that we will set aside time and keep our focus on Jesus and feel His love, peace, and joy as we head towards celebrating the miraculous gift God gave us. Perhaps you have extra struggles or hurt this year; I would love to partner with you in prayer.

Please share with us what helps you to keep your focus on Jesus and remember the best gift ever.

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