As those who have lost loved ones know, this time of year can be especially hard. This is my second Christmas without Hailey and my dad, but my first with my baby boy. The week has been full of activities and visits with family and friends as well as with the regular busyness of taking care of a baby which are wonderful things but also make the emotions flowing through my heart this week difficult to process. I've fought to make this Christmas special and make beautiful memories with Isaac for his first Christmas while at the same time fighting to remember Hailey and make her a part of it all and feeling as though I've failed at both to some extent. Needless to say, my heart's been a mess this week and frustratingly so because I've also had to fight to remember the reason behind the season, and I've mostly lost that battle too. It's been difficult to take the time to focus on Christ's birth, on God humbly coming to earth as a baby so that he could live to die... to save me...
And then I read these words tonight and they touched a part of my heart that so needed it. Please read!
Because He Came
Merry Christmas everyone! Happy Birthday Jesus!
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