Christmas Eve!

It is FINALLY here! Christmas Eve! The girls were pretty excited that this meant the next day was the BIG DAY. I still wanted them to appreciate the actual reason we even celebrate Christmas. It most certainly is not just about Santa, the tree, the presents, and cookies.

It is about something so much more important. We celebrate the day that Christ our Lord was sent to this earth. He was given to this earth to be a shining example of the walk we should be walking as humans. We are to do and be as Christ would be. We are not supposed to judge ourselves according to any other person. We don't get to see others lives, and think I'm doing MUCH better at things. We are supposed to look at our lives, comparing it with the life of Jesus, and adjust our steps accordingly.

We of course will always fall short of the glory of God. We know that we will NEVER be Christlike, for we are human. However, is that to stop us from following His commands, striving to be better in His Name? I happen to believe that seeking Him will be the only thing to give you complete fulfillment. Everything under the sun, will not.

Jesus was especially sent, after showing us what He is, all that is Holy, to die. He was sent to pay for our debt, our debt of a sinful nature which goes hand in hand with free will. He didn't create us to be identical drones. What would be the purpose of that. Just think about having only one relationship in your life with multiple people. They are no different from one another, all the same. That would be awful. He gave us the choice to be who we are, and the miracle is when people of sinful nature choose to follow the laws of God, and truly seek Him. He paid for our sinful choices by dying in our place. Otherwise, we would never be holy enough to deserve Heaven. He took our place, and the only thing we have to do is to accept His existence and that He died to give us eternal life.

We attended the Christmas Eve service at church. I wanted my children to have a glimpse of a non-commercialized view of what Christmas is about, that precious little baby. I love the song "A Baby Changes Everything" by Faith Hill, and "Breath of Heaven" by Amy Grant. We listened to a church member sing the song "Where's The Line To See Jesus?" It was such a wonderful song.

The girls enjoyed singing Christmas songs in joyous honor of baby Jesus. It was fun to have Peyton singing along with me. Addison won't be far behind. :)

We also heard the true story of Christmas in scripture.

Anyway, here are some pictures of the evening!

I am typing this after Christmas, so I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas!!!!

I will do a post of Christmas Day, next!