Decorating

All the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season is here.  Sometimes I have felt maybe I am not supposed to be so involved in the "stuff" of the season.  I love to decorate the house, EVERY room gets something!  And sometimes I have felt that maybe that was missing the reason.  I feel like all you hear sometimes is that Christians aren't supposed to be part of the craziness, we are supposed to remember the reason for the season and all that.   And it's true....we are supposed to be Jesus centered.

But you know what, as I was decking my halls, it came to me...I am being Jesus centered, in the way HE designed me to be.  Just like caring for His creation by working with the cats, I am honoring Him by my decorating because it is for HIS birthday that I am celebrating.  As He created me to care for the animals, so too, He created me to be artistic and express that part of me.  I don't have to be like other Christians who choose not to go all out.  I can be me!!  And being me honors God, because He is the one who made me.

As that came over me I was so honored and awed to be able to celebrate His birth and make a home that rejoiced in it.  I was so thankful, once again that the Lord gave me permission to be myself.  The self He designed me to be.  I believe this is all part of living out Hebrews 13:21 where it says:  make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.    As long as I am following His plan for my life, who I am specifically, what I am to be, and how He fashioned my make up to work I am glorifying Jesus and well pleasing in His sight.

It is said that we all walk to the beat of different drums.  And I believe that is true. I believe it is how our Creator desired it to be.  Lord, help me to encourage others to be what You want them to be, as You are encouraging me.  You have such a multifaceted plan for all of us, and that plan comes together as a beautiful tapestry when each of us is walking in the way you precise, individual path you destined for each of us.  Thank You.  You are amazing.

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