It’s 25 days until Christmas! Read Psalm 130:6. By now, many of you have your Christmas Tree up, and your home is decorated for Christmas. Some of you never took your tree down. We are making our list, and we are checking it twice. For those of us who love Christmas, we’ve been waiting all year. I’ve seen your Facebook posts. On June 25, a few people reminded us, “Six months until Christmas.” We’ve been waiting for Christmas, and now we have only 24 more days until it's here. The time will go quickly unless you are under 12 years old. For a child, December is the slowest month of the year. The Psalmist wrote a prayerful song about waiting on the LORD. The Psalmist is crying out to the LORD, asking for mercy, forgiveness, and redemption. There seems to be a period of waiting until the prayer is answered or until a response is heard. The Psalmist is confident that God will answer, but is waiting “more than a watchman waits for the morning.” This Christmas season, I invite you to soak in every part, even the frustrating ones. Remember to breathe and enjoy life in the waiting and anticipation. 

Holy God, you give us this season of hope to prepare our hearts to receive the Christ Child once again. Help us to soak in every moment and we give thanks to you. Amen.