Christmas

Is it Christmas in your home? Christmas tree decorated to the hilt. Lights strung outside. What a wonderful display of colors and lights. There is no mistaking what time of year this is, there is no mistaking that Christmas is here. As the hustle and bustle of gift buying takes place it strikes me that many people today that participate in the festivities have no clue who Jesus really is. They live 11 months out of the year without so much as a thought to him, to his birth, to his life on earth or to his death. It’s sad you see because as evident as the lights, the tree and the hustle and bustle of this season are to the world, that is how evident he should be in our lives as Christians. People should recognize Jesus in us. There should be no mistaking Jesus in our lives.

Let’s not wait until Dec 25 to celebrate Jesus. He should be celebrated every single day.

I celebrate the gifts he gives to me and to my family. I celebrate the fact that every day I am forgiven, everyday his mercies are new. He pours his grace over me and restores me to newness each and every day. I experience the miracle of Jesus daily in my life. If that isn’t a reason to celebrate then I don’t know what is.

I hope as you wake up Christmas morning, before you begin to open your gifts you stop and think about the baby that was born, God himself as a human, born to be the son of man, born to die for your sins, to restore you to a newness, to teach us how to live, and how to walk in fellowship with our Father, our creator, our God. It is truly a miracle, a beautiful love story of sacrifice and triumph. A pursuit for souls, nothing could stop him from saving those he loves, not even the grave. Did you know that you were loved that much? Every day I learn more of this amazing God that we have and every day I am awed at the magnitude of his love.

My Christmas Wish is that all receive him and get to experience what Jesus meant when he spoke about peace and joy to man.

Have a very Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year.