Thoughts on Christmas
Although I'm glad to be helping out at the toy shop everyday during this busy Christmas season, I do miss being able to see my friends. My daily routine is to wake up, take a quick shower, get ready, come down to the shop, go home after an eleven hour work day, eat dinner, clean up, wash up, and go to sleep. Sometimes we've gone shopping before eating dinner to buy necessary items. I do try to stay in touch by calling or emailing when I have the time, but it's not the same as actually spending time with my friends.
Although I'm here in downtown L.A. in my physical body, my mind has been busy thinking of things to do for the holidays like sending gifts and making and writing Christmas cards and wondering if I'll have time to do everything. Last night though a thought came to mind as I was laying in bed waiting for sleep to overcome me..."The good is often the worst enemy of the best." I read this quote in my Perspectives class reader years ago and the truth of it stuck with me.
It's good to spend the holidays with family and friends.
It's good to buy gifts for the people you love and care about.
It's good to write and send Christmas cards to those who matter in your life.
It's good to remember those who are less fortunate.
But are these things the best?
Or do these things take the focus off of what is best?
Sometimes all the busy activities that require my urgent attention, time, and energy do take my mind off of the reason why Christmas is a special day. That it was a day set aside to remember the day when God became a Man in the form of a helpless baby boy Jesus. So that I will remember that I have a God who remembers my needs. So that I will remember that I have a God who has extends mercy. So that I will remember that I have a God who gives generously. So that I will remember that I have a God who loves me. And out of the overflow of His love I can love others.
Although I'm glad to be helping out at the toy shop everyday during this busy Christmas season, I do miss being able to see my friends. My daily routine is to wake up, take a quick shower, get ready, come down to the shop, go home after an eleven hour work day, eat dinner, clean up, wash up, and go to sleep. Sometimes we've gone shopping before eating dinner to buy necessary items. I do try to stay in touch by calling or emailing when I have the time, but it's not the same as actually spending time with my friends.
Although I'm here in downtown L.A. in my physical body, my mind has been busy thinking of things to do for the holidays like sending gifts and making and writing Christmas cards and wondering if I'll have time to do everything. Last night though a thought came to mind as I was laying in bed waiting for sleep to overcome me..."The good is often the worst enemy of the best." I read this quote in my Perspectives class reader years ago and the truth of it stuck with me.
It's good to spend the holidays with family and friends.
It's good to buy gifts for the people you love and care about.
It's good to write and send Christmas cards to those who matter in your life.
It's good to remember those who are less fortunate.
But are these things the best?
Or do these things take the focus off of what is best?
Sometimes all the busy activities that require my urgent attention, time, and energy do take my mind off of the reason why Christmas is a special day. That it was a day set aside to remember the day when God became a Man in the form of a helpless baby boy Jesus. So that I will remember that I have a God who remembers my needs. So that I will remember that I have a God who has extends mercy. So that I will remember that I have a God who gives generously. So that I will remember that I have a God who loves me. And out of the overflow of His love I can love others.
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