Holidays with Jesus #2: Thanksgiving to Christmas: Book 1 by Stacy Duplease of Stories by Stacy

Holidays Blog Post #2
22 November 2009 Sunday


Book: Thanksgiving to Christmas:
A Bible Study Journey with Jesus
Book 1 of the Holidays with Jesus Series

Holidays are a mixed period of time. They are both curses and blessings. They are busy and we wish we could take the time to enjoy them more. They tend to make us feel stress and/or anxious. They have the potential to bring our hopes up, only to have them dashed. They make us long for what was or what could be. They hurt. They bring great joy. Never mind how they can cost us a great deal in emotion or in the wallet.

Do you want to know the biggest problem with holidays? We tend to focus more on me and what we wish could be rather than on what really matters. We've lost sight of the real reason to celebrate the holidays.

How can we reshape our thinking about the holidays?

We can learn new ways to look at the holidays be focusing on what is really important and the only thing that really matters.

God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

He's the only reason why we should ever celebrate.

Jesus lived and died for us. He (God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit) should be the only real thing we focus on and live for in this life. He is the only way we get to heaven. He teaches us how to have eternal life and how to overcome this world.

How do we survive the holidays? By focusing on Him.

We do not live for us, we live for Him. It's not about us at all and is all about Him.

How do we survive the holidays? Focus on Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. This book is to help us accomplish this endeavor.


By Stacy Duplease
of Stories by Stacy