Usually this

time of year, as we prepare for Christmas I try to write something about how

you should go easy on yourself, about how the holidays are stressful enough

without you having to add to that with a lot of judgment and self-criticism. I

always make a point of saying how much I hate New Year's resolutions because,

one, you're going to fail at them anyway, and two, becoming a better person should

not actually be your main goal. And of course all of this rests in the reality

that God loves you no matter what, and it would do your heart some good to rest

in that a little bit.

But not this

year.

No, this

year the other shoe drops. You're not

working hard enough. You could be doing more. It's the end of the year and what

do you have to show for it? Did you really give it your all? If Jesus showed up

at your door today, how disappointed do you think he'd be on a scale of 1 to

10? Maybe you should be going all out to make Christmas perfect and set

yourself up for a new you in the new year. You understand that God would love

you more if you were just a better person, right?

Ok, fine, I don't actually believe any of those things. But I wonder what it felt like to hear that. Did you buy any of it?

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