I think most people who ask that question are referring to Christmas shopping--have I gotten my shopping done? Yes, because I didn't really do gifts this year. It's not that I didn't want to give gifts--I generally enjoy giving them much more than receiving them. It's that I can't really afford it this year, so I'm making Christmas breakfast for the fam instead.
When I get this question though, I hear--are you ready for this retail nightmare to end? The answer to that is YES. I look forward to spending 24 hours with my family and not having to worry that I'll get a call from work. I am SO ready for that.
The real question though should be--am I ready for Christ? I wonder if I've done enough this Advent to prepare for the coming of Jesus. My holy hours were limited, my prayers barely formed, my Advent reading only a third finished, so it would seem that I haven't done nearly enough to prepare. But when I think about the infant Jesus coming to save me from my sins, coming to love the lonely, to comfort the suffering--I know that my tired eyes and weary bones and exhausted spirit are more than ready to kneel beside the manger and welcome Jesus.
It's because I have nothing left to give--no gifts, no more effort to put into my work, nothing but my weak and weary self. And the really humbling thing is that that is enough. That is all He wants. For me, for you, for the impatient and frantic last-minute customers, for us all to come to Him. He is the Gift, and He wants to give Himself to us.
It's an awe-inspiring and humbling love. Come, let us adore Him!
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| Merry Christmas! |
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