The Day After Christmas

Timelessness, Stillness and God's Presence in the Ordinary

Photo by Erwan Hesry on Unsplash.

The day after Christmas often feels like a deep exhale.

The excitement of unwrapping gifts has passed. The house is quieter. The fridge is filled with leftovers. And the hurried preparations have given way to a slower, unstructured rhythm that guides our days until after the New Year.

December 26 exists in a peculiar space—between the wonder of Christmas Day and the potential of a new year. It is a space where time and rhythms seem to blur, inviting us into an unusual stillness.

Perhaps this is the gift of December 26: a moment to breathe, to rest, to sit with the echoes of yesterday’s joy. A reminder to us that the beauty of Christmas does not end when the wrapping paper is thrown away; it lingers in the quiet moments, the extra ordinary, mundane moments where life is lived and where God has entered.

As we find ourselves in this strange, timeless, in-between space—winding down one year and preparing for the next—may we not be consumed by the pressures of what is to come. Instead, may we embrace the stillness and find joy in the quiet assurance that God has come, He is with us, even in the ordinary.

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