Attitude Of Gratitude ~ December 24

This is the last installment of Attitude Of Gratitude. I’ve enjoyed encouraging you and myself and focusing my mind on blessings this Christmas. If you’ve joined in with me here, at the CHK message board or on FaceBook, I appreciate it!

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I
woke up this morning with the realization that its Christmas Eve, and just like every Christmas Eve before, I felt that anticipation of what the day was and what the next day will be.
When I was a child, the anticipation was exquisite. I knew without a doubt that Christmas Day was coming! And you had better believe that I behaved. I was good as gold because I knew I must be. The big event was going to come, it was going to happen whether I was good or not, but if I was good, if I was good from my heart, then the Day would be better, and hold more joys for me.

I’m thankful that every day is like Christmas Eve as I follow Jesus. Every day I have the glorious opportunity to look forward to His coming and every day I have the duty and blessing to be the person He wants me to be. Every day is like the Eve of my life in eternity. And every day He gives me here is a gift, not to be rushed through and ill-spent, but cherished, lived fully and with expectancy of the Day to come!

Today, I work, live and wait expectantly for Christmas Day. The excitement I felt as a child is different, but I still feel it. The knowledge that tomorrow will be Christmas Day still motivates me, cheers me, inspires me.

Father, forgive me for not waking up and realizing that every day is Christmas Eve. Forgive me when I get so caught up in the day to day things that I neglect the fact that one day Christmas Eve will have passed and Christmas Day will dawn.

Now its your turn. What is Christmas Eve like at your house, what is it like in your heart? Do you still feel a thrill to know its the day before Christmas? Are you looking expectantly for Jesus to come again, or have you dropped the ball somehow? How can you start looking for His coming again?