One of the traditions we had as a family before we went to Indonesia was to take a trip to Chicago each year at Christmas time. Well, yesterday the kids had a half-day of school, and since Cale was feeling so much better we decided to start the tradition back up.
We love to see the store front windows of Marshall Field’s (now Macy’s), walk around Millennium Park, go to Christkindlmarket and look at all the booths, get a hot pretzels etc. Well, it was busy like always. Lots of people walking quickly with arms full of bags, people bumping into us, and we were bumping into them. But then we came around a corner, and there was a Nativity set up with the Hallelujah chorus playing. And people were stopping to stare. It was beautiful! It is amazing how the sight of Jesus can make you stop in awe. The sign by the Nativity said “Keeping Christ in Christmas.”
That is what we need to do. Find the time to stop, and be in awe of what really happened that night so long ago. That is what Christmas is truly about. Not the hustle and bustle, the perfect tree, and the pile of presents. But a quiet birth, a son that came while so many were asleep. A normal night turned extraordinary!
Merry Christmas!
Rachel
We love to see the store front windows of Marshall Field’s (now Macy’s), walk around Millennium Park, go to Christkindlmarket and look at all the booths, get a hot pretzels etc. Well, it was busy like always. Lots of people walking quickly with arms full of bags, people bumping into us, and we were bumping into them. But then we came around a corner, and there was a Nativity set up with the Hallelujah chorus playing. And people were stopping to stare. It was beautiful! It is amazing how the sight of Jesus can make you stop in awe. The sign by the Nativity said “Keeping Christ in Christmas.”
That is what we need to do. Find the time to stop, and be in awe of what really happened that night so long ago. That is what Christmas is truly about. Not the hustle and bustle, the perfect tree, and the pile of presents. But a quiet birth, a son that came while so many were asleep. A normal night turned extraordinary!
Merry Christmas!
Rachel
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