{"id":1585,"date":"2021-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2021\/11\/30\/slow-down\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2021\/11\/30\/slow-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Down \u270b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m going to ask you to do something that I know is nearly impossible<\/strong> this time of year\u2026but here it goes\u2026can you slow down a bit<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the season of<\/strong> hustle and bustle<\/strong>. When we’re not at work, we’re shopping<\/strong>. When we’re not shopping, we’re at our ten-thousandth holiday party<\/strong>! It’s a wild<\/strong> time<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we try to slow down together<\/strong> and really focus on the reason for this season<\/strong>? Sometimes it can feel super lonely<\/strong>, especially when you are missing loved ones.<\/strong> The Christmas season is about TRUE LOVE<\/strong>\u2014 not the kind you see in the Disney movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas is about a love so big, and so true, that it’s really hard to process! This is the time we celebrate Jesus being born<\/strong>!\u00a0Jesus came to save<\/strong> you<\/strong> and to save me<\/strong>. He gave His life for us<\/strong>! There’s a verse in Romans 5<\/strong> that says, “<\/em>When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.”\u00a0(Romans 5:6 NLT<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It goes on to say that most of us would not be willing to give\u00a0up our lives for even the most righteous of people, let alone the meek, broken wrongdoer. “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.<\/em>” (Romans 5:8 NLT<\/a>) And…while we are<\/em><\/strong> still sinners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is huge<\/strong> love<\/strong>. You are loved with everlasting<\/strong> and unconditional<\/strong> love<\/strong>! My challenge to you is to stop<\/strong>, silence your senses<\/strong>\u00a0and reflect<\/strong> about how much you are loved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen James<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morning Show Host<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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