This Christmas I have fallen even more in love with this painting by Rick Shorten:
I love how he depicts Mary and Joseph pondering their “Wondrous Responsibility”: welcoming that precious baby Jesus into the world.
I imagine how they must have felt. What a truly “wondrous responsibility.”
This year at Christmas I’ve been thinking a lot about the “welcoming response” and how to welcome the true reason for the Christmas season into my heart a little bit better. How to welcome that baby Jesus into my home and into my family.
Some days I’ve been downright awful at this, and let the commotion of it all make my brain swim. But other days I’ve been able to be still enough to feel it, even for a sliver of a moment. To welcome in the Christmas spirit. And I’m so grateful for those little moments.
Sending out all my love as we all try to reach into our hearts and welcome this truly “wondrous responsibility” this last little part of the Christmas season.
SO grateful for this little corner of the Internet and all you have taught me about following Jesus.
XOXO
