Eve

It’s Christ­mas Eve which means that tomor­row is Christ­mas. Yes, I know that is what Eve means but I have to say it. Tomor­row is Christ­mas! Tomor­row is Christ­mas! Oh, that reminds me, I need to go enter my Pio­neer Woman Christ­mas Give­away and check if I won any­thing from yes­ter­day. BRB (Be Right Back!)

Ugh. Nope, I won noth­ing. I never win any­thing. I just re-entered and prob­a­bly shouldn’t be telling you about this since it low­ers my odds. But Santa is watch­ing so I bet­ter share! I don’t want him not to show up tonight. I even baked cook­ies to leave out for him. Unfor­tu­nately, I ate half of them already so my belly is going to look as big as his. I bet­ter not sneak out in the mid­dle of the night to check on my stock­ing, cause if Vitaliy wakes up, he might con­fuse me for Santa. Seri­ously folks, cook­ies do not do a body good.

On another note, I just want to tell you how excited I am for Christ­mas! Yes, I’m excited for all the gifts, food, and fun times that will be had. How­ever, more impor­tantly, I’m try­ing to stay focused on the real rea­son for Christ­mas. It is this truth that gives me hope. And with­out hope, I’m not sure I could sur­vive this life. Know­ing that God Him­self came down to Earth to live and to die for me is what gives me hope, gives me joy, and gives me life. Tomor­row is the day we cel­e­brate the birth of Jesus, the life of Jesus! He is truly my gift. Out of all the Christ­mases and all of the birth­days, I have never received a greater gift in my entire life than the day that I received Jesus into my life and accepted the sweet gift of His grace and for­give­ness. That is what I’m cel­e­brat­ing! That is what it’s all about! Merry Christ­mas Eve everyone!