That was the title of the Advent Silent Retreat I went to in December of 2005. It was lovely. Imagine forty women not talking to each other through five meals? I loved it. No obligation to make small talk. All the time in the world to focus 100% on communion with the Beloved. Making room at Christmas for Him. It is what I strive to do.
I used to be so intent on not being too busy with the whole holiday thing that I would even wrap all my presents in August. During one heatwave in Oregon in a house without air conditioning, sweating, I realized that was also SO wrong. There needed to be a balance. I think I have found it.
I just don't get stressed during this time. Our focus is time around the Advent Wreath and pinning ornaments on the Jesse Tree and reading Scripture and spending time as a family and with many friends. I love to soak in Handel's Messiah because it is mostly Scripture. I love to drink deeply of the life that we have been given through the Son, born to give us second birth, Jesus our Immanuel!
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