Eleven Days

Eleven is my favorite number, just saying.

It's been a week since I updated my blog, and I can think of a dozen things to write about.

I could blog about Beta convention, about Isaac becoming state president, about how we won talent finally, about the great time I had with my friends, about "Shawt bus Shawty" and about the numerous pranks my wonderful guy friends did to me.

I could blog about the beautiful snow that got us two days off from school which have been such a blessing to me, about how cold it was trying to take pictures in it, about how it's melting right now, and about the fact that it more than likely will snow again in a day or snow.

I could blog about how around this time last year, I was more upset than I've been in my entire life, about how strange it is to think a year has already passed, and about how glad I am all that is passed me now.

However, I do believe I want to share something else, something more important. Christmas is only 11 days away, and I feel like that so many other things go on this time of year that I get distracted from what's supposed to be the main focus.. Jesus.

I urge you to go listen to my favorite Christmas song, it's not popular or anything I don't think, but it's beautiful and almost brings me to tears every time I listen to it.

Song: Child of Love
Artist: Sara Groves

It's crazy to think an ordinary teenager girl was chosen to be the mother of the One who came to save us all. God could have picked anyone in the world, but he picked Mary.

Imagine how overwelmed she felt when the angel came and told her she was pregnant with God's only son, and was told to name Him Jesus. Imagine how people judged her back then, knowing she wasn't married yet.

And Mary was a virgin, which makes the whole story even more miraculous. God is the only one who can make something like that happen.

But I'm almost positive that there never has been, nor never will be a mother as proud of her child as Mary was of Jesus.

For the next 11 days, I will listen to that song everyday, along with many other Christmas songs. I will exchange gifts with people. I will enjoy time off of school with friends and family. I will simply embrace this holiday before it's gone. But I'm also promising myself that everyday I will take time to think about the real reason we celebrate, because without Jesus, I wouldn't be alive to enjoy this time of year.