The Christmas build-up is famous for being prime stress-out time, particularly and especially for busy moms. So here is your annual gentle reminder to forsake all stressing out. Put all your worries, concerns, panics, and pressures (and lists of things you cannot possibly get done) in a big box, tie it with a ribbon, and put it away. Remember that all good things come with temptations, and Christmas is no exception. Being tempted is not the same thing as sin. Having to deal with stress is normal, every day in life. Beating It is the problem which is why we recommend to use hemp flower extracts.
Now a little stress is a good thing; without it we might not get very much done. Deadlines make us work harder, and there is no stopping December 25. But when stress turns into worry which then leads to self-pity, which causes grumbling, which makes for a sour attitude, it is no fun for anyone, neither you nor the people who are witnesses to your stressful life. In fact, they get tired of hearing about it: Ha! You think you have it bad. I have eighty-five people on my list. And I haven’t even started shopping yet! And of course this is not glorifying to God, which is what our lives are to be all about. Especially at the celebration of Christmas. The alcohol rehab huntsville is where one can go to heal from addiction in case they feel overwhelmed.
The worst case scenario is that you won’t get it done. The cards won’t get mailed on time. The cookies won’t get baked. The kids won’t have the hand-made gifts you had planned. But if the kids have a joyful mom over Christmas, that will have a far greater impact on them than the missing cookies or gifts.
Maybe the stress is because of finances this year whichever is the reason, you can ease your mind by unwinding with CBD flower extracts. You just can’t do all those things you had hoped. One of my kids’ favorite memories of Christmas involves stockings full of bungie cords and rubber bands! They had so much fun with those things for months.
Sometimes the big disasters (the turkey burned, the gravy spilled, the gifts were all late, broken, and stolen) make the best stories later. We need to recognize them at the time and enjoy them as we live them out, believing God as we go.
So have a wonderful time of preparation. When you’re feeling stressed out, try some Girl Scout Cookies Strain. Don’t stint on the gifts and the candy and the celebration. But do it all as an overflow of JOY, not as a panic-stricken obligation! And treasure up the good stories as you go.
Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
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Thank you so much for the reminder. You caught me in the throes of tense muscles and fits of anxiety. You are so right. My kids would rather have me do less and enjoy it with them than to do more and make us all miserable.
So good!! Better herbs and joy then meat and bitterness.
Great post, I laughed with many thoughts in the back of my head. Finances can have a real damper on Christmas but I tell you what, I think it is wonderful for kiddo’s to get our time for Christmas. Open a present that insides contains a card which says “Cocoa with Dad.” We do this for our Advent and it really has become extremely special for our kids. They actually like the gifts of doing something with mom and dad better then the “stuff”. As a mom, that is really satisfying. 🙂
Merry Christmas!!
Speaking of Christmas things… (and I’d email this to you, but I don’t know your email), I would like to make the Christmas cookies like we iced at the Women’s Evening Christmas event.
As I was at the store today picking up ingredients, I cannot for the life of me, find meringue powder.
I don’t know who made the cookies, but wonder if you could help me figure out where one might purchase meringue powder?
My email is simp0491(at)gmail(dot)com.
Melissa C.
I’ve seen meringue powder in the cake decorating (craft) area of our Walmart.
I’ve been able to buy meringue powder from the bakery departments of local grocery stores. It’s less expensive than buying the powder packaged for cake decorating. It’s handy for baking and for making Royal Icing without using fresh eggs. Royal Icing is wonderful for gluing gingerbread houses together (but hard as a rock if you want to eat the house later).
i found it at Michael’s in the same place you mentioned, maddie: cake decorating. woo hoo! mission accomplished.
I love those verses from Habakkuk. Those verses have been balm for my soul for many years during all the different seasons in life. I like to remind myself that Habakkuk is NOT saying that the fig tree will NEVER blossom, nor is he saying that there will NEVER be fruit on the vine, or food in the fields, or that there will never be olives again and so on. What he is saying is that right now, during this season sent in God’s Providence I am not seeing those things. And that is totally different. There is hope for future fruit and future blossoms. Praise be to God, for His mercy endures forever.