Abiding with Adonai

  Every year on December 25th we celebrate Christmas… If you’re a Christian then every year on December 25th you celebrate the birth of Jesus- and I’m sure you’ve heard the story. Whether read to you in church, school, from your family… We have all heard of the virgin birth, the star, the shepherds, the wiseman, the manger, the no room in the inn… Maybe you don’t know every detail, but you know enough to know why there is even the Holiday of “Christmas”. Maybe you don’t know where the story is found in scripture, but you know the basics of the story at least?  And you even prepare for this celebration of baby Jesus every year. Maybe you aren’t thinking about Jesus, but still you buy the presents, make the family plans, pick out the outfit for church, cook the food… There's a lot of prep that goes into celebrating the birth of Jesus every year actually- we even get school breaks, work off, stores will even shut down…  And maybe you don’t even know why you do all of it- but...

If anyone knows me, they know that I am severely ADD. My attention span is almost comical at times. I mean I literally will be laying in bed when I'm at home, decide I want water from the fridge, walk downstairs, and legit stand in my kitchen and have to deeply think about why I walked downstairs. And maybe I'll remember the water but more than likely I grab something completely different, or just accept the defeat and walk back upstairs- usually to remember right when I lay back down that I needed water.  I’ve accepted that it's basically a personality trait for me now- but when I was little my parents definitely tried hard to set me up for success. They were always trying to give me rules on how to remember where I put things- my mom would always say “make sure everything has its own home”. But I definitely forgot where those homes were most of the time…  So with that all being said- my rules as a kid might look a little different than some. With the reality that I was ju...