A Prayer for Peaceful Memories

Prince of Peace,

I invite you into my family’s Christmas memory making:

songs and silly stories

decorating and dressing-up

baking and feasting

picture-posing and game playing

wrapping and unwrapping.

I thank you for the gift

of my husband.

I invite you

into our holiday date nights:

holding mittened hands

browsing downtown store windows

sharing sweet forkfuls

gazing at twinkling lights

snuggling under warm covers.

I thank you for the gift

of my children.

I invite you

into our special Christmas moments:

opening Advent calendars

reading stories

admiring light displays

watching Christmas specials

sharing hot cocoa.

Prince of Peace,

may the memories we build now

be perfect treasures

in heaven someday.

May we see them as golden threads

in beautiful tapestries

woven together

with love, hope, and peace.

May they be offerings

of thanksgiving

for your marvelous gift

of family.

This poem-prayer was based on several chapters in my book below. See the online Bible study entry for Peace in my Marriage and Peace with my Children also.

Looking for more Christmas hope? Check out my book, Christmas Peace for Busy Moms, and my recent blog series, Trading Anxiety for Peace.

For the next three weeks of the Advent season, I’ll be sharing Advent prayers here on the blog. They will be short, easy reads to lift you up in your busy days. I’ll also have batches of book reviews for you on Tuesdays, in case you need some last-minute Christmas gift ideas.

Also, I’m SO excited that I will be featured on the (in)courage blog on December 23 with a special Christmas-themed post. I hope you’ll take a minute or two to read it on that day, and let me know what you think!

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