CHRISTMAS is in the air
or is the FALALALALA~ING,
with decorated homes
and only
25 days to shop
for the PERFECT GIFT
for that PERFECT someone,
that has to be delivered on
DECEMBER 25
And then before you know it
it is
DECEMBER 26,
and then there are
364 Days until CHRISTMAS.
What is CHRISTMAS?
CHRISTMAS is a PERSON.
A BABY who was BORN
to do one thing that
HIS FATHER had HIM to do.
HE came in LOVE.
To bring LOVE.
A FOREVER LOVE
that brings all
BELIEVING HEARTS
to a place
and a space
that
lasts for ETERNITY,
but begins the moment you
BELIEVE
who
THE BABY is
and why HE was born,
It is all in
THE PROMISE.
WRAPPED in
JOHN 3:16.
A familiar verse.
A saving verse.
But did you ever chew on its every words.
Here it is, so simply said
that you just have to
BELIEVE~
“This is how much GOD loved the world:
HE gave HIS SON,
HIS ONE AND ONLY SON. .
And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed;
by BELIEVING IN HIM,
anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
GOD didn’t go to all the trouble of sending HIS SON in merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. HE came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in HIM is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust HIM has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to BELIEVE in the one-of-a-kind SON OF GOD when introduced to HIM",
What is CHRISTMAS about?
LOVE.
GOD sent LOVE.
GOD sent REAL LOVE.
GOD sent an EVERLASTING LOVE.
GOD sent HIS SON who gave HIS ALL for ONE and for ALL.
GOD sent THIS GIFT OF GRACE that is FREE.
FREE LOVE.
Do you want to be LOVED?
Do you want to LOVE?
Is there a part of your HEART that is aching for REAL LOVE?
Well you don't have to wait for CHRISTMAS
for CHRISTMAS IS HERE.
It has never left
because
THE BABY didn't stay a BABY.
HE became a MAN
HE became a LIVING SACRIFICE.
HE DIED.
HE was SWADDLED in BIRTH and
SWADDLED in DEATH.
yet those grave clothes didn't stay on HIM
HE ROSE right from them.
Just like HIS FATHER said HE would do.
And that my friend
is what CHRISTMAS is all about.
How do I know?
Because THIS BABY became more than just
A CHRISTMAS BABY seven years ago.
Even though JESUS has been in my life for many years,
I wanted to embrace THE BABY through the CHRISTMAS season,
so HE wouldn't get buried beneath all the FALALALA.
Does everybody SEE HIM?
Does everybody KNOW HIM?
As I didn't want THIS BABY
to get buried amongst the tinsel and bows,
I challenged myself
to answer the question
"WHO IS THIS BABY?"
through a 25 DAY ADVENT DEVOTIONAL SERIES,
that I never did before
&
that I had no idea what I was doing,
but obviously GOD did.
Because HE woke me up every morning before the sun would rise,
and I sat with my computer
and asked GOD the question.
And then it happened.
HE ANSWERED!
My fingers moved furiously across the keyboard,
as my heart couldn't keep quiet what GOD was speaking to me.
The hard part was posting,
as this recovered perfectionist
had to let go and let go I did.
I pushed send
"AS IS ",
and GOD hasn't stopped waking me up,
every morning before the sun rises
to answer my questions
every day.
And that my friend is how these daily musings were birthed
beyond CHRISTMAS,
because JESUS isn't just a day.
Join us on a
25 DAY DEVOTIONAL JOURNEY,
beginning tomorrow
December 1,
as GOD answers the question
"WHO IS THIS BABY".
Oh I can't wait to experience what
HE has for me & for you,
because HE IS THE PERFECT GIFT
that keeps giving,
and all you have to do is
SHOW UP in HIS PRESENCE
because
HE has so much more for you
as HE is the GIFT that never stops giving.
Because
"HOW MANY KINGS step down from their thrones"*
to be swaddled as a A BABY?
ONLY ONE!
(listen to song below)
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