We can help keep Christ at the center of our celebrations this Christmas season by prioritizing contentment, connection, and contemplation with our families.

As we look to Jesus, we grow in contentment, gratitude, and peace—regardless of our circumstances.

Psalm 16 helps us pursue contentment in Christ through treasuring, trusting, and turning to God in every season of motherhood.

When we’re anxious about our family’s financial situation, Psalm 37 reminds us of the trustworthy provision and goodness of our God.

Cultivating contentment, watchfulness, and dependence on Christ right now helps strengthen us for the challenging seasons of motherhood still to come.

When our motherhood achievements don’t feel valuable or impressive enough, we can remind our hearts of the freedom, the call, and the glory of Christ.

We can creatively seek the Lord together as a family, even when our schedules make regular discipleship routines and church participation difficult.

In a sea of messages about what we should be and say and do as moms, we desperately need gospel encouragement to “keep interrupting” and redirect our focus back to Christ.

The many interruptions and unmet expectations of motherhood are an opportunity to slow down and learn to walk at God’s pace—in the good works which he has prepared for us.

As we cradle and comfort those in our keeping, we reflect the greater love of the God who holds us—“like a child with its mother.”

When decking the halls deflates or discourages us, the gospel reminds us that our perfect home is in Christ.

When contentment in our circumstances seems impossible, we can be encouraged by Paul’s example of learning to depend on Christ and find ultimate joy in him.