Life of Eucharisteo

I’ve been thinking a lot about Mary and Joseph this Christmas Season. Wondering what they must have felt in those days and months leading up to Christ’s birth. As a mother I’m usually drawn more to Mary’s story. I can feel how uncomfortable she was riding atop that donkey. Pain with each bump as she tried to cushion the blows to the Baby King. However, this year I’ve tried to see things from Joseph’s perspective. I’ve tried to step into his shoes and walk the lonely path to which he was called. A lonely path indeed. How many men do you know who would have, stepped up to the plate so to speak, the way that Joseph did. What a responsibility! Not only was he taking on the responsibility of a child he did not concieve….he was taking on the responsibility of caring for God’s Own Son. The Messiah! A friend blessed me this month by introducing me to Jason Crabb’s Christmas CD. My favorite track tells the story through Joseph’s eyes. I hope it blesses your heart as much as...

As women...wives....mothers....sometimes we think we have to make everything okay. We think we have to be strong when no one else can be. We place before ourselves an unrealistic set of standards and we judge, sometimes other women, but mostly ourselves, by them. Grace for the Good Girl Author, Emily P. Freeman , tells us to take off our masks. I tell you (more like I tell myself) stop trying to live up to what you think everyone else wants you to be. The ONLY thing that matters is what GOD, your Heavenly Father, wants you to be. Let's follow the example set by Jason Crabb in the words of this song. These are honest, true, heartfelt words that I think a lot of you (and I KNOW I) can identify with. Praise be to God. He is our Comforter. He hears our cries. Falling before Him, Tracey <><