Biblical Priority # 2 Marriage
by Jenn V.
Paul
and I are about to have our 14th Christmas as a family. We have had abundant ones and well, not so
abundant ones. I am a mom who would like
to get EVERYTHING on the Christmas lists the kids bring to me! Paul, on the other hand, is more conservative
and doesn’t understand this about me. He
looks at Christmas the way it should be, more about Jesus. One of my love languages happens to be - you
guessed it - gifts! I like giving and
receiving gifts and I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!
Paul and I had outrageous Christmases as children. Our parents went nuts in this area and so we both
agreed together when we got married, to scale down on the gifts in our own
family and concentrate on the gift of Jesus.
We still did Santa sightings and footprints with baking soda on the
floor. We ate the cookies and drank the milk left for Santa, but we wanted to
make sure that our children knew first and foremost, that Christmas came from
Christ.
When
we were just starting our lives together, I was a stay-at-home mom and we did
not have much money to spend on Christmas gifts. However, those Christmases are
special to us! Watching the boys open their gifts and be so thankful for every
little thing they got blessed us beyond measure! That experience showed us that
we don’t need to worry about how much is under the tree. It is the time the
family spends sitting around it that matters the most! Luke 1:14 "And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his
birth.” NKJV
CHALLENGE: Talk to your husband
and agree on a predetermined amount of money to spend on Christmas, to help
open up the communication on your holiday budget and how you want to make a
purposeful effort to keep Jesus as the forefront of Christmas.
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