REST....at last!
I am done finals for this semester! Yaaaaayyyy! ((Dancing and bunny hopping....thank You God, thank YOU for carrying me thru)). It has been a pretty fun week and a half or so though. I got to go to Van Dusen Gardens for the Festival of Lights twice and it was amazingly beautiful....went for a massage and facial on Sat (I know, rough life).....church young adults dinner (yay! finally got to meet and know some people)....and a friend's party and Bubble tea! So, even though this exam season has been drawn out, it has been fun to sneak in some good times lately.I feel really crappy about not being all Christmas-y though....there are so many things I wish I had a chance to have done, especially get some Christmas cards out. I also wanted to make this a really special Christmas because it will probably be the last one I spend in Vancouver for the next two years due to Stinting and travelling. It will be difficult next year to be in a place without lights and carols and celebration. When I think about it, it makes me really sad. I will miss my friends and family so much as well.
Even so, I also know that being away will have its perks. I am looking forward to discovering a deeper meaning to Christmas, and really celebrating it by spending more time in worship to God for the most beautiful gift ever given to us: our source of salvation. I know that the lights and songs and gifts can actually be a way of glorifying Him, but I am definitely guilty of letting them blind me from truly coming before God and thanking Him for the birth of Christ. When I am away I have a feeling that the lyrics to the songs, the symbolism of the lights etc etc will take on more meaning than ever. Yet for now, I pray that I don't get deceived by thinking that I have to go away for this enlightenment. I pray that I can grasp and wrap my soul around the heart of Christmas this year instead of relying on the future to draw me closer to Him. This, I am aware, can be accomplished partially through an act of my will, and largely by succumbing to His grace.
"The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight. Amen."
posted by SarHa @ 11:31 PM
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