Oh Happy Birthday Jesus!

I think this year was the first year that I really really enjoyed Christmas.
There wasn't a ton of family drama; instead, there was a lot of good food, sweatpants, laughing, fires, staying up late, and playing games together.
I absolutely love my family. My family is crazy and often times inappropriate. They know how to be honest and make fun at the oddities of life. Sometimes my mom crosses over the line of 'overly-honest,' but it's hilarious.
My family really knows how to love each other. My parents don't know Christ, but the unconditional love of Christ abounds in my family.
I'm at a place in my life where I am so thankful and content. I sit and reflect on my life and this Christmas, and I am so happy.
I am reading a book by AZ Tozer called The Pursuit of God. It's amazing. Read it. He talks a lot about seeking God alone, not God and... We need to rip from our hearts everything else that is competing for affection. The more we know God, the more we desire more of God.
I'll end with a prayer from the end of one of the chapters.
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for me. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.' Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long, In Jesus' name.
Amen.