Day 15: A Life Changing Experience

I BELIEVE this.

You BELIEVE that.

And if we both try to convince one another

to BELIEVE what we BELIEVE,

we could spend days

going back and forth.

So why do you BELIEVE

what you BELIEVE?

And perhaps an even greater question is this~

Do you live what you

 BELIEVE,

so that others can see your FAITH

without you ever saying a word?

WHO DO YOU BELIEVE?

I BELIEVE

GOD'S WORD.

Not because I won an argument.

Not because someone convinced me.

But because

I have experienced

the GOD of the Bible.

I am not the same person

I once was.

There was a time

when I BELIEVED

there was "just" a GOD.

I BELIEVED

HE knew everything about me.

Everything.

From the good

and the not-so-good.

Ouch.

So what did this little girl do?

I FEARED GOD.

I hid from HIM.

I tried to be perfect,

thinking perfection

would somehow make me acceptable.

But perfection

was never enough.

Then,

there was

CHRISTMAS.

A BABY

was born.

How could anyone

be afraid

of a BABY?

I LOVED BABY JESUS.

Or

did I simply LOVE CHRISTMAS?

The lights.

The presents.

The music.

The traditions.

For a little while,

FEAR disappeared,

hidden beneath the excitement

of CHRISTMAS morning.

Then the decorations

were packed away.

The tree came down.

Life returned to normal.

And so did my FEAR.

That was my story.

Maybe it was yours too.

Then one day,

I experienced

a CHRISTMAS OF THE HEART.

It wasn't December 25.

It wasn't during a CHRISTMAS service.

It happened

in the middle of an ordinary year.

I don't remember

the month,

the day,

or even the hour.

But I will never forget

the moment,

when the GOD

I had always FEARED

revealed HIS heart

through JESUS.

Instead of condemnation,

HE offered me

LOVE.

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

AMAZING GRACE.

SAVING MERCY.

LIFE-CHANGING TRUTH. 

All swaddled in

 JESUS.

Even now,

when I remember

the moment

I received HIS LOVE

tears fill my eyes.

Not tears of sorrow.

Tears of JOY.

Because I continue

to discover

the height,

the depth,

the width,

and the length

of the LOVE OF GOD

that is found

in CHRIST JESUS.

Now that

is CHRISTMAS!

Not simply

a baby in a manger.

But a SAVIOR

who came

to bring us home

to the FATHER.

Have you experienced

a CHRISTMAS OF THE HEART?

The moment

when THE BABY

became your SAVIOR?

Perhaps you have,

but your HEART

needs REVIVAL.

Or perhaps

you have never experienced

that kind of CHRISTMAS at all.

Wherever you are today,

JESUS

is ready to meet you

right where you are.

Because CHRISTMAS

was never meant

to stay

on December 25.

It is an INVITATION

for every day of the year.

So have yourself

a CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

Open your HEART

to the ONE

who first opened heaven

for you.

Because there is truly

"NOWHERE HIS LOVE WON'T GROW"

(Listen to the song below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgAf0_5Bl4