Day 15: He is Christmas

I finally get it,

even though I thought I finally got it before~

JESUS

came to make things new.

I finally get it,

even though I thought I finally got it before~

It isn't me who can make things new.

I finally get it,

even though I thought I finally got it before~

I can't

turn water into wine.

I can't

make the blind see.

I can't heal the brokenhearted~

I can't,

yet I try.

I strive

because

as a

NEW CREATION IN HIM

I believe that I have to try

to be that

NEW CREATION~

Who

Acts Perfect

Talks Perfect

Lives Perfect.

And you know what ~

besides being exhausting

I can't

no matter how hard I strive to be that

NEW CREATION

who strives

to produce the fruit of

Love,

Joy,

Peace,

Patience,

Kindness,

Goodness,

Faithfulness,

Gentleness

&

Self-control.

And guess what?

I fail every time

because I am not the one who can produce it.

Why was

THE BABY

born?

To be what I am not.

To live in me to produce what I can't.

I finally get it, even though I thought I finally got it before~

I am a

New Creation

IN HIM,

not in Joni.

HE is the perfect that covers all my imperfections.

I feel free as I surrender

to be me

so that

HE can be HE

IN me.

There is a new girl in town~

and when you see something you like in me

know that it is

HIM~

THE HIM

who was Born to live in me & to live in you~

making us a

NEW CREATION.

So try it~

let go and

BE STILL

AND

KNOW THAT

GOD IS GOD

And finally get it

so that you will experience

all the gifts of

CHRISTMAS that came

wrapped in a wee little

BABY

who came

to

cover all the imperfections that

make you you & that make me me~

to produce in all of us

what we can't produce on our own.

Who am I & who are you

without

THE BABY~

"THIS IS CHRISTMAS" (listen to the song below)