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<p>Are you tired of celebrating Jesus' birthday without experiencing His presence?</p><p></p><p>Have you struggled to find joy as you hurriedly try to create it for everyone else?</p><p></p><p>Is the season for celebrating joy actually draining yours?</p><p></p><p>Wishing Martha a Mary Christmas is about the journey to find and maintain inner, true joy at Christmas. This is not another book about starting earlier and being better organized. Our souls ache for something deeper than a beautifully decorated home or a perfectly planned gathering. Deep down, we long for the connection and peace that come from the Gift given over 2,000 years ago in a quiet town called Bethlehem. But somehow our culture has convinced us that we don't just receive Christmas, we have to create it. And not just any Christmas, a curated, camera-ready one. The result? We work harder, do more, and still end up wondering why our hearts feel so empty.</p><p></p><p>In her book, Ann Cramer not only shares, but invites you to join her continuing journey to finding and living the overflowing joy of Jesus at Christmas. It is not easy, but there is a way and these famous two sisters, Mary and Martha, can help us walk the tension between all our sticky note to-dos and our desire to dwell in the joy that should flow at Christmas.</p><p></p><p>Through honest reflections, Scripture, and gentle humor, this book helps you navigate the noisy expectations and rediscover the beauty of simply being in Jesus' presence. Let this be the year you stop striving to pull off Christmas and start receiving it as the sacred, soul-settling gift it was always meant to be. </p><p></p>