Here are five personal answers to a common question asked this time of the year-

 
"Are you ready for Christmas?"

1. Since my Myers-Briggs Personality Type is ENTP, understanding the "P" in me, you will already know the answer to the question.

   Therefore, if "Are you ready for Christmas?" means, "Am I done shopping for family and friends?" you realize this isn't a meaningful question until next Thursday morning.

2. My mother-in law and father-in-law are coming Saturday, and so I am getting ready to be a host and a guest of mom's great cooking, Also, I am ready to listen to them tell the kids what they should be doing about their lives. Grandparents' prerogative. There will be an "eye-rolling festival" coming real soon…

3. Considering it is Nancy's birthday on Sunday, that is the focus at this point, of course.

4. Considering it is Kristina's birthday on the 27th, the countdown isn't to Christmas, it is nine days to go until she turns 21. I know this because she has reminded us every day recently. When your kid turns 21, what happens? Will, my gut just drop over my belt for good and I have to go out and buy Sans-a-belt pants in four different styles?

5. If you mean "Am I ready to celebrate the incarnation of the Living God into our space/ time dimension, ripping an opening to heavenly eternity? Or simply, "Am I ready to celebrate heaven?" Ala Dallas Willard's, "Heaven is God breaking into our reality?" If that is what you mean then the answer is-

   "YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES, YES!!

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