Christmas Adoration

Experiencing the Advent season with a 3, almost 4, year-old brings back such excitement that we tend to sometimes lose with age! We have made our Hershey kiss “countdown” the past two years ~ Ryan getting a “kiss” each morning for Jesus, then giving a kiss to us! He then counts down how many more days until Jesus’ birthday.

It has also been great to see his excitement over the holiday shows, such as Rudolph, Frosty, the Polar Express, and our book/video “The Crippled Lamb”, where Joshua, the lamb, keeps baby Jesus warm that Silent Night so long ago! While shopping yesterday, we saw one of those plastic, lit, almost life size, nativity scenes. I wish I had a camera. The caption would have read, “Come let us adore Him”. Ryan yells, look Mom, baby Jesus”. The fascination in his eyes was precious, as he stopped to “adore” Jesus.

We have a stocking for Jesus hanging on the fireplace, and he will often need to “fill” it for Jesus, finding creative ways to climb up and do it “all by himself”!! The other day it resulted in a “bonk” on the head from the heavy stocking holder! The price he paid for wanting to give something to Jesus! We are thankful for the price Jesus paid for us as he came to Earth as an innocent babe, preparing to pay the ultimate price!

Last weekend, we made the long wait in line to see Mr. Claus. It was a big deal this year and Ryan really wanted to tell him his wish list. He also wanted to make sure Santa knew where to find him, since we wouldn’t be at our house on Christmas morning! As we waited in line, for nearly an hour, I couldn’t help but think how much Jesus would love for the world to stop and spend that much time in anticipation of time spent with Him! May we stop and spend time with the Real Reason for this Season!!!