My Social Media-less Life

And just like that, it’s the week of Christmas.

Boy howdy, has this been the shortest long year ever. I feel like more has happened in the last few months of my life since I left social media than it did before, but I know that’s not true. I just have no idea what I was doing before I left social media.

Funny how that works…

Either way, I was thinking about my last blog post and how down I sounded. And I was down that night. Pretty sure I even shed a tear or two.

I’m never really sure how I’m going to be at a new sitting house until I’ve been there and figured out my emotions.

Or haven’t figured them out.

I did talk about how God will be there with someone who’s lost a loved one and is struggling in the last post, but since then, the Lord’s been reminding me of the first verse from “O Holy Night:”

“O Holy Night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!”

The highlighted part has always given me goosebumps, but especially since my dad passed and then the world got extra crazy these last few years. It seems ever more poignant.

No matter what happens, God has always had a plan for redemption. And He gave us that plan in the form of His Son, Who died for us to have that hope.

And over the past few days, I’ve certainly been feeling that “thrill of hope” as I’ve leaned on Him to get through what has become a somewhat difficult time in my life with all of the transitions that I’m going through in one way or another.

I’m forever grateful to God for the gift He’s given the world through His Son and the sacrifice that was made and tell Him as much everyday.

Keep looking to Jesus for the light and hope that this season is all about. 🙂