Blessed, Not Stressed

Hello Emmanuel,

Don’t be stressed.  Be blessed.

‘Tis the season for last second Christmas preparations.  It can be stressful.  I know.  Our home is feeling it right this moment.  But….

Don’t be stressed.  Be blessed.

Be honest with yourself.  You didn’t create Christmas.  You don’t help Christmas go.  Indeed—and not to sound mean or anything—but without you, Christmas would still happen.   Jesus is still going to be born.  So…

Don’t be stressed.  Be blessed.

Consider just for the moment that you are the receiver of Christmas, not the giver.  Consider that God is the one who is stressed.  After all, wouldn’t an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent God be stressed to fit into a flesh-and-blood human, finite body?  God is the giver.  You are the receiver…. So

Don’t be stressed.  Be blessed.

Yes, I know, you have to buy presents and wrap them and possibly fix food and get to certain places at certain times and get the house clean and……  but Christmas happened in a dirty barn.  The gifts form the wise men wouldn’t arrive for at least another 2 years.  Maybe we really need to re-think how we go about this time of year.

Don’t be stressed.  Be blessed.

Christmas Eve services will be at 7:00 (kid-friendly) and 10:00 (traditional).  Let’s be blessed together.

God is Good,

Pastor Joe