Christmas Eve

Christmas time is hear. Happiness and cheer. Ahhh I love Christmas Eve. It may very well just be my favorite day of the year. Christmas day is fun, of course, but it usually involves a lot of traveling and what not. Christmas Eve is always just more chill. More peaceful. Right now I'm listening to some "Charlie Brown Christmas" music in between two candle light services. The first service, which we already did, I actually play my Sax with my brothers in the band. It's fun because the band there is really good and we just rock out on Christmas songs.

The second service I go to each Christmas Eve is the 10pm service at Faith Community Methodist Church, in Xenia. This is my favorite one! It's a really nice, but simple church inside. The walls are all white, and there are pews and elegant, but simple decorations. The place is packed out year in and year out. There is a singing choir, bell choir, and orchestra. The congregation joins in and sings all the classic Christmas Hymns. It's always really peaceful and powerful to me.

It's cool to think about Jesus coming down to earth. The humbleness of it all is astounding. With all the power He has, He was born a normal, little baby. Born a baby, he was born in complete vulnerability and dependence. I'm pretty sure that's not the way I would have chosen to do it.

Life has been pretty crazy this last month. Lots of stuff to write about. But I don't feel like thinking about it on Christmas Eve :-) I hope to be updating a lot more from now on, so feel free to check back in more often.

Merry Christmas!