A Christmas Shot Worth Taking

What the season can teach you…if you slow down to see it.

Dear Friends,

The Christmas season has a way of exposing what’s really going on inside you. You can be surrounded by lights, music, family, and still feel like you’re running on empty. Or maybe your year hit hard, and the season shows you just how tired you are. Most men carry more weight in December than they let on –– pressure to give, pressure to fix, pressure to smile when the year hasn’t been easy.

That’s why this season matters. Not because of the decorations or the noise, but because Christmas gives you something the rest of the year rarely does: a chance to stop and take an honest inventory.

In Guys, Guns and God, we talk a lot about readiness; how you prepare on the range, how you prepare in life, how discipline builds confidence and clarity. Christmas points you to the same thing. It reminds you that God stepped into a broken world, not a perfect one. He didn’t wait until you cleaned up. He came right into your mess with purpose.

That truth should excite you.

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When you train on the range, you slow down. You measure your breathing. You steady your hands. You focus on what’s right in front of you. Christmas does something similar spiritually. It calls you to pull back from the noise, reset your grip on what matters, and aim your heart in the right direction.

You don’t need perfection this season. You need honesty. You don’t need big speeches. You need clarity. You don’t need to carry everything alone. You need to remember why hope came in the first place.

Proverbs remind you of this kind of grounding:

“A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body.”
Proverbs 14:30


Peace isn’t found in a perfect December. It’s found in choosing calm over chaos, truth over pretending, and presence over performance. Christmas teaches you something the range teaches you every single time you step up to the line: focus is a choice.

  • You choose where to aim your attention.
  • You choose who gets your energy.
  • You choose what gets your heart.

If this year misfired for you, Christmas isn’t here to judge it. It’s here to offer a clean chamber and a fresh round. So, take the shot worth taking this season:

  • Be present.
  • Be honest.
  • Be teachable.
  • Be grateful.
  • Let God strengthen you again.

Step into Christmas with your eyes clear and your heart grounded. You’re not finished. You’re still being shaped. And the One shaping you hasn’t taken His hand off your life for a second.

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Randy Abramovic
Author, “Guys, Guns and God”