Gratitude needs to be a daily practice. And since we have been talking about practice the last several posts let me remind you of a concrete one.
Gratitude moves past blessings, joys and transformative moments into the present. The coming of Jesus, who was willing to have his vastness as God shoehorned into the confines of skin, is the focus or our gratitude at this time of the year. Christmas services and tomorrow will reenact, retell, remind and review that past event in the hopes of moving it forward into the NOW moment.
We can only live right now. We can’t live yesterday or tomorrow. Enjoy each NOW the next few days. Breath deep, smell the scents, the food, the wine, the cookies the pine. And bring forward into the now all sorts of memories and events that will remind you of why the baby came into the world.
Merry Christmas!
