Lord, I'm so full today. Eight days more and we will celebrate your birthday. When you knock on the door of my heart, let not my "inn" be full -- of useless anxieties, fears, insecurities, bitterness, unforgiveness -- but let it be a simple and humble manger ready to receive you, my King.

Have mercy on this poor soul and look kindly on me for I am weak and shaking of heart.

Let your light banish the darkness of sin in my life. May it be so bright that my eyes be solely fixed on you while all else vanish.

In Jesus' sweetest name. Amen.