Christmas was a beautiful day with sunshine which is a rarity so we decided to take advantage of it! We had ourselves a little photo shoot.
Christmas was good, but it didn't feel like Christmas. We hung out, played games, ate, laughed, and had a great time of fellowship, but it just felt like any other team night. It amazed me how I can know the true meaning of Christmas, but what makes Christmas feel like Christmas is familiarity. The pattern or practices that I associate with the event of Christmas. The congnitive content attached to the event is how I determine it's reality to me. I thought a lot about this during Christmas Eve and Christmas. I realized that I get caught up in the experience of Christmas that I don't meditate on the reason for the day. The conclusion that I came to is that I got to celebrate Jesus' birthday not Christmas the event.
It was hard to be away from my family and the traditions of Christmas with in my family, but having to spend Christmas away I couldn't have asked to celebrate it with better people! I praise God for the blessing this team is and continues to be!