so tonight i told avery we needed to get ready because we were going to church.
she gasped and asked "mommy, will the christmas decorations still be up" (she was amazed to see them earlier this week)
"yes, baby, they will be up" i laughed as i answered her.
then she looked up at me and said the sweetest, most innocent phrase.
"christmas is coming true, mommy!!"
we've been talking about how "christmas is coming" and how it's almost "christmas time", and it's like i could see her little heart and mind trying hard to soak up the fact that yes, christmas is really going to happen. christmas is going to come true.
and as christmas comes true for her this year, as she soaks in all the wonder that this season holds for a 3 year old, as she bakes cookies and tromps through the snow, sings away in a manger and helps me wrap presents, i just can't help but think of the many christmases that will come and go as she grows.
i pray that each year Jesus' birth will come true for her in new and magical ways. that this season will draw her to His heart, that she would taste His love and be reminded of His grace. and that that kind of christmas will come true for her december after december after december.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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I am with you in the "amazement & excitement" some "certain" 3 year olds are having this year! Every holiday has been such a wonderous and exciting time this year. Bree is ESPECIALLY excited for Christmas. I am SO tempted to throw up the tree already, but my steadfast rule is no Christmas tree until after Thanksgiving....
It will be fun decorating the yard this year. :)
Loved this post, Mandy. You are headed into some of the most magical times with your kiddos, and I am so sad to be headed out of them (for a while, anyway, I do have grandkids to look forward to someday, right??). But it's a good reminder even to me to continue to point my kids to Christ through this wonderful season, it just may look a little different for us now.
And I'm with Avery, so excited that Christmas is coming true, AGAIN!
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