Miss (In)dependent

Here it is...my grown-up blog! I still have a xanga account at www.xanga.com/abbylikesunshine but I decided it was time to start something here. I've been so blessed while reading the blogs of others and hope that maybe somewhere along the way, amidst all my randomness, I can make an impact on someone.

It is Christmas Eve. Can you believe it??! This year has just flown by. For some reason, Christmas feels different this year. This is the first year that the entire family has not been together. My sister got married in May and is spending Christmas with her in-laws and New Year's with us. It seems weird. I also have a family member who is suffering right now. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally, and that is hard to understand. She will from now on associate that suffering with this time of year, and I hate that for her.

But, regardless, this time of year is simply magical. The fact that the God of the universe sent His one and only Son to this Earth to be born as a human is such a miracle. I will never get over the fact that He chooses to love us, in spite of our failures and mistakes. He chooses to use us, just as He used a young girl and a group of shepherds all those years ago. It's beautiful.

Merry CHRISTmas! May you take the time this year to see the love of Christ in the faces of those around you.