Keep your Sanity this Holiday Season

The Holidays are drawing near,
Your family’s coming, but have no fear
Just remember what happened to King Nebuchadnezzar,
And your Holidays will be better than ever!!

     As the holidays are getting closer we start thinking about all the things we want and need to do.  First you may be decorating for Halloween and trying to pick out costumes for your children (who are most likely going to change their mind right before the big night and of course you won’t be able to find your receipt).  Then, you take down the Halloween decorations and start the Thanksgiving preparations.  Many of you will be doing this on your own because your spouses will be sitting out in the woods doing there best to fill the freezer for winter.  Your family is going to be coming to stay for a few days so that means you have to find places for them to sleep and change the bedding and of course if your family comes to your house every year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas you may already be starting the hair pulling process.  Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!
     Well, have no fear, as the poem says.  There is only one thing you need to remember this holiday season in order to keep your sanity.  Remember to thank God for everything you have and are able to give.  Daniel 4:34 says, “At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my sanity was restored….”.  King Nebuchadnezzar got caught up in himself and forgot that God was the one who provides for us.  Don’t get caught up in what’s not important this holiday season.  Ask yourself if what your stressing about is really important and if its not, let it go.  Now, odds are God is not going to cause you to be driven away from your family to live like an animal and eat grass for the holidays, but it is a sobering thought isn’t it?  Just remember if you are starting to feel overwhelmed this holiday season, you might just be having a bit of King Nebuchadnezzar syndrome.  Just raise your eyes to heaven and your sanity will be restored (plus you’ll get to start the New Year with all your hair!).