This Christmas season has been filled with emotions for me. I’ve been filled with sentimentality more than usual. Little moments have captured my attention, tears have come readily to my eyes as memories have been close to the surface.

Yet, above all the romanticism brought on by these reminders, more than any other recent Christmastime I can recall, I’ve been keenly aware of God’s presence very near. The reality of His love that brought Him to dwell among us has been so close to the forefront of my thinking at most every point in time this last few weeks. I’ve been re-captured by the Sacred Romance of the Greatest Story Ever Told ❤️🎄⭐️💚