"Trying to Give Jesus the Day Off"

I met some of my girlfriends at Starbucks for a little Christmas cheer...we had to schedule our "Girlfriend Christmas Gathering" for the day after Christmas instead of any of the days leading up to Christmas because we are moms and you know what the moms are busy doing in the days leading up to Christmas...

-We are making the last minute trip to the mall because our children waited until Christmas Eve to decide what they'd like to get for one another
-We are baking a few more batches of cookies because our family has been pilfering them even though we warned them they were for "the company"
-We are wrap, wrap, wrapping gifts
-We are stamping cards and getting them mailed
-We are grocery shopping for dinner, breakfast and midnight snacks.
-We are basically busy trying to make this the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!

So there we were this morning...thoroughly exhausted but glad to be together. While we laughed and cried and recounted our Christmas day festivities one of my friends said something that had us in hysterics. As she told us about her Christmas with her extended family she said

"I tried to give Jesus the day off-after all it was his birthday-but I ended up having to call on him for help ALL DAY LONG!!!"

After we had picked ourselves up off the tile floor (from falling off of our chairs in laughter) we talked about how glad we are that we worship a God who takes great pleasure in being "an ever present help in times of need." We said "Hallelujah" right there in Starbucks as we reminded one another that He loves us UNCONDITIONALLY and loves it when we call on him...even if it is his birthday! Actually, I think especially if it is his birthday! We left our time together feeling blessed by the reminder of the love between us and the love of a Savior who CHOSE to condescend to becoming a human being on Christmas morning so that all day, every day for as long as we live we can call him by name "Emmanuel--God With Us."

Merry Christmas Moms...I hope it was Magnificent and if it was less than Magnificent that you call on the One who is. Ask Him to come quickly and remind you of his everlasting presence in your life.
Love,
Tracy Klehn