Changed plans
December 22, 2017
Are your Christmas plans changing? Are people canceling, packages not arriving, conversations ‘hinting’ that your Christmas will not be all you wished?While I may not understand how your world is shaking, I do understand Christmas expectations that go South. My husband’s exit to heaven has shaken our family tree in ways so profound and unexpected that I’m still being surprised. We no longer have packed Christmas parties in our home. There’s only one choice: hold our wishes with an open hand.
We truly hold little anyway. This is not our life to clutch, nor are people ours to control. Christmas with an open hand is good: they may not come, gift giving may be one way, conversations may be strained.
When we let go of our expectations, we delight in the day God gives us.