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I studied in the Old Testament how a promise was given to Adam and Eve (Gen 4:25-26). Then the same promise is restated again to Abraham 2000 years later.

Then again to David 1000 years after that! (2 Sam 7:12-16)

Like pieces of a puzzle, each new promise brought more clarity, but also more questions. And finally 300 years later, a lot more clues were given to Isaiah.

So many clues, in fact, that it seemed that the Messiah coming was just around the corner.But 300 years go by and still no Messiah. 300 years in which Israel is led captive to Assyria and Judah is led captive to Babylon.

300 years and not a word, until they do get another clue in Malachi.And then…400 years of silence.

Now, if I am a Jew in the first century waiting for Messiah, I am exhausted!

“We have been waiting for the Messiah for 4000 years since our father, Adam. There was a flurry of hope and excitement 700 years ago during Isaiah’s time, but we haven’t heard much since then.”

“Where is He? Why has He not come? Why are we still oppressed?”

“Has He forgotten? What about all the promises?”

Then suddenly!

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Have a Stress-Free Christmas …by Kerry Beck

Stress-Free Christmas! This seems quite evident, but it took me a decade to apply this. Actually, my marvelous husband helped me learn how to minimize the activity in our lives during the Christmas season. Back then, I wanted the children to experience everything available during Christmas. Instead, stress and nervousness crept up and finally would explode around Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. …I’m positive that none of you have gone through this before

WHICH ACTIVITIES DO I SELECT

What works for us is to select 1 or 2 Christmas activities to go to outside our home. Other than those 2 activities, most time is spent in our home. This way I’m not harboring stress by bothering my husband to attend one more Christmas activity each week. He is still providing for our family and loving it. Therefore, he is much happier going to a few activities and enjoying being with family and friends at home.

We enjoy having other people in our home, so we take advantage on this. Our kids help in the cleaning and cooking, so our workload is minimized and I do not feel stressed when our visitors come.

HAVE FUN AT HOME

Back then, I would had more activities for us than we have time for. In our recent Thanksgiving weekend, I picked which activities will wait until next year.

REMEMBER: YOU CAN’T DO EVERY THING, EVERY YEAR.

I try to select activities that inspire my children to do something for others, instead of only thinking of themselves during the holiday season. One of the things we used to do is charity work by
raising money for a missionary family. The kids would take orders for pumpkin bread loaves and chocolate chip cookies. After making and delivering them to their customers, they would pay me back for the ingredients and supplies used. The remaining money was their profit, which was used to buy useful gifts for a missionary family.

This season we will have other kids over to bake cookies so their moms can do some Christmas shopping, uninterrupted. A Christmas card stamping party for younger kids would be a great idea for an activity. I’m still thinking it over how that will work.

I have some other ideas that are included in Advent, Christmas & Epiphany Celebration Ideas.

INCORPORATE CHRISTMAS IN YOUR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

For school-aged children, drop some of your formal schoolwork and have fun during this season. There are myriad of ways of incorporating math, writing & reading concepts as we do baking,
shopping and preparing for Christmas day. At home, we still read aloud each morning and then proceed to work on a Christmas activity. It may be handwork type crafts or other quiet easy to do activity.

DO YOU FEEL A TREMENDOUS NERVOUS STRAIN DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS?

Stop and take a moment right now and prioritize all the activities you and your family want to do. Pick only 1 or 2 activities that the entire family can enjoy and pass on the rest. Being at home with your family is enjoyable. Invite another family over to roast marshmallows and mingle with them. At the center of this Christmas activity, keep your hearts tuned to Jesus Christ. Without His love for us, we would not be celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8

Kerry Beck offers free advent calendars with daily Christmas activities to prepare you for Christmas. You’ll learn more about holiday traditions with some of the daily activities. You can get her FREE Advent Countdown at

http://www.ChristmasCelebrationIdeas.com

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(c) Kerry Beck, 2008

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