Merry Christmas everybody! I hope you had a magnificent day. To be completely honest, I have not done a fabulous job keep up with my blogging but I wanted to share a bit about my crazy Christmas this year.
This Christmas season has been fantastic, I got my shopping done early, got to see the lights, enjoyed a great Christmas eve service. But, I admit that I got very distracted with the earthly side of it all, as I often do. My brother and I have been preparing to move into our apartment nearby, I’ve had struggles with many of my relationships, and I got everybody the perfect gift and could only focus on how excited I was to give them away. I got very wrapped up in it, I’ve been putting off my prayer time and bible time, I’ve been distracted in church and I have just not been in a grateful mood. Well…as usual God truly got my attention, he never fails to make a noticeable entrance.
This morning, after my immediate family had our gift exchange, we all headed to my grandmothers. Me and my brother in my car and everyone else in the other, and of course, today of all days, my trusty old SUV decided to break down. It was stressful, I’ve never had this happen before, and seriously…on Christmas of all days? Today was supposed to be full of joy and family, not stress and worry.
So then, how is this good? Well, the situation wasn’t, and still isn’t fabulous. But it could have been worse. I was close to home, my dad was in the car in front of me, it was 50 degrees and I wasn’t going to be late for anything that couldn’t wait a little while. It’s small but it’s a blessing, and my reaction was one that I have failed to have in a very long time, I chose to pray. Did the situation fix itself? Nope. My car is still broken down but I didn’t let it steal my joy, not today, hopefully not any day. Something good will come out of this, because God doesn’t do things just to do things, there will always be a reason.
I cannot wait to see the growth that this year brings, and if you would like to be a part of my growth in anyway please subscribe to follow along, I promise to update more often and if you feel lead, maybe go ahead and donate a bit to my trip to Costa Rica this July, any amount will help tremendously. If you don’t feel lead to give, no worries, I always need more prayer than I do money and I appreciate any that I can get.
Merry Christmas, and may God bless your 2020 -Abby
