12/18/2025
Somewhere along the way, Christmas can quietly drift away from God 🎄
Traditions, decorations, photos, meals, and routines begin to take center stage while the sacred heart of the season grows quiet 🤍
We allow spending and buying to shape our joy 🛍️
The pressure to have more, do more, and upgrade everything crowds out contentment and simple gratitude.
We celebrate abundance while forgetting those who are struggling 🍽️
Our tables are full, our homes are warm, our calendars are packed, yet many sit in silence with empty hands.
We fill every moment with noise and activity 🎶
Parties, events, and endless plans leave little room to sit still and truly seek Him 🙏
We compare our lives and feel like we are falling behind 📱
Scrolling through highlight reels steals joy and makes gratitude harder to hold.
We honor the holiday but drift from its meaning ✨
Outward beauty remains while inward devotion quietly slips away.
We excuse excess and loss of balance 🎁
"It is Christmas" becomes permission instead of discernment.
We forget to be thankful 🍂
Focusing on what did not happen instead of remembering all God carried us through.
We push ourselves to exhaustion 😔
Saying yes to everything and resting from nothing.
And sometimes, we lose sight of Jesus in the very season meant to celebrate Him ✝️
Lights glow brighter than prayer. Music plays louder than worship.
This is not meant to bring guilt.
It is an invitation to pause, breathe, and return our hearts to Him 🤍
Jesus is not asking for a perfect holiday.
He is asking for us.