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  • Writer's pictureJoni

Day 1: The Simplicity of Christmas


ADVENT~

"a coming into place, view, or being; arrival" (dictionary.com)

ADVENT

A New Thing

A Dynamic Thing

A Crazy Amazing Thing

ADVENT

A New Birth~

A BABY!

5 years ago today,

when I started this blog

writing to

GOD

to answer the question~

"WHO IS THIS BABY",

through ADVENT,

HE answered

just as HE still does

as I haven't stopped writing to

HIM

every morning

when HE greets me

like it is

CHRISTMAS morning.

Oh the ANTICIPATION.

Oh the EXPECTATION.

Oh the JOY

of what is to come

that brings me back to

when I was a child

whose

ANTICIPATION & EXPECTATION

was so overwhelming

as I waited for

CHRISTMAS Morning

to see what Santa was to bring me.

I had great

HOPE in Santa

because I knew he always shows up

on CHRISTMAS morning.

Now that same

ANTICIPATION & EXPECTATION

fills me as a grown up child,

but not for Santa

but for the

BIRTH of THE BABY

that changed my life~

the day HE was BIRTHED in my heart.

Oh how I do not want JESUS to be buried

amongst the tinsel & bows,

because HE isn't about a day or a season.

What difference does the BIRTH OF A BABY make in your life?

Does HE keep giving on THE DAY AFTER December 25?

On December 26th,

is there one unopened package under your tree~

A GIFT wrapped with PROMISES

which has the power to change

December 26 & the Days after that.?

What is the one and only GIFT that delivers on all its PROMISES?

It is all wrapped up in

THE CHRISTMAS STORY~

“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a SAVIOR,

who is CHRIST the LORD..." (Luke 2:8-14)

CHRISTMAS is not just about a day

or a season

as it continues beyond

December 25

&

THE DAY AFTER

&

THE DAY AFTER THAT

&

THE DAY AFTER THAT

Because

it is all about

THE BIRTH OF A BABY

in your life.

THIS BABY

is the

GIFT

that unwraps

A NEW HOPE,

A NEW PEACE,

&

A NEW JOY

in your mind, body & soul.

The GIFT that keeps giving as

One Size Fits All~

ALL people,

EVERY circumstance,

EVERY emotion~

ALL of us~

who have such different stories,

yet ALL are offered the same GIFT.

Have you missed THE BABY?

Have you unwrapped THE BABY and are being wrapped in HIM?

Or

Have you opened this GIFT, but have put HIM away for a bit

and forgot about HIM?

Or

Have you heard about the GIFT,

yet don't know if you really opened it or not?

Or

Have you not felt a need for this GIFT?

What difference has

BABY JESUS~

the main character of the CHRISTMAS STORY made in your life?

Are you ready to unwrap

THE BABY

who came from

RICHES

to be swaddled in our

RAGS

so that

HE

could clothe us all in

HIS RICHES~

because

Isn't that WHAT CHRISTMAS IS all about Charlie Brown? (watch video below)





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