Today is the last day of
CHRISTMAS IN JULY,
but it isn't the last day of
JESUS.
Every CHRISTMAS SEASON
I SEEK OUT
the
FACE of our SAVIOR JESUS
in the
LITTLE BABY
who
ONCE UPON A TIME AGO
was
BORN
into this world.
JESUS THE MAN
was A BABY,
like everyone else.
When I LOOK at the NATIVITY,
it is so BEAUTIFULLY PEACEFUL
that I want to be there.
Do I want to be there and smell the smells of a stable?
Do I want to be there to sit in prickly hay?
Do I want to be there to hear the screams of labor?
Oh there is no other place I would rather be.
To hear the SILENT NIGHT,
the moment Mary looks into the eyes
of
THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD,
WHO IS
the fruition of
THE PROMISE
that the angel
came to
announce to her
nine months prior.
And on that ONE NIGHT,
the world stopped
to
BEHOLD THE BIRTH of all BIRTHS.
I bet the sheep didn't even let out a BAA.
As I know what it feels like
in that very moment
when the LABOR has stopped
and you hold your BABY in your arms,
and look into your child's eyes
for the very first time.
It is a SILENT NIGHT.
ALL is BRIGHT.
A LIVING MIRACLE has come to earth.
And GOD has entrusted that little being to you,
to LOVE.
But Mary held a KING.
A KING who she immediately was IN LOVE with
because she fell IN LOVE with HIM the moment
GOD placed HIM in her womb.
A KING who did not stay in
the SILENT NIGHT of a stable.
A KING whose life mission was to die on a cross.
A KING who Mary and Joseph cared for,
whom they
LOVED,
for
LOVE LETS GO~
"For GOD SO LOVE THE WORLD that
HE GAVE HIS ONE & ONLY SON..."*
GOD had to LET GO of JESUS,
so HE could GIVE HIM to
you & me & everyone else.
And JESUS LET GO
for you & I & everyone else~
“I am the Resurrection and the Life.
Whoever BELIEVES IN~
adheres to, trusts in, relies on
ME, as SAVIOR,
will live even if he dies;
and everyone who LIVES AND BELIEVES
IN ME as SAVIOR,
will never die."**
LOVE LETS GO, SO YOU NEVER LET GO OF REAL LIFE.
"That whoever
BELIEVES IN HIM
shall not perish but have eternal life"
*(John 3:16).
Oh, GOD LET GO of HIS SON.
Oh, JESUS LET GO of HIS LIFE.
Because that is what
LOVE DOES.
Have you LET GO~
"Do you BELIEVE this?”
**(John 11:25-26).
Do you BLEIVE IN TRUE LOVE?
"LOVE bears all things [regardless of what comes],
BELIEVES all things [looking for the best in each one],
HOPES all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times],
ENDURES all things [without weakening]"
(1 Corinthians 13:7).
I fall deeper IN LOVE with JESUS
every CHRISTMAS,
and once again in JULY,
for LOVING JESUS has no limits.
THANK YOU GOD
for drawing me
DEEPER into the FACE OF JESUS.
So where is JESUS in AUGUST.
The same place HE has always been,
RIGHT HERE,
because
JESUS ISN'T A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION.
Join us though
the month of AUGUST
in our DAILY DEVOTIONAL SERIES~
"LET'S GET REAL"~
JESUS IS REAL AND SO ARE YOU!
So let's finish JULY strong and
have
"A CHRISTMAS HALLELUJAH"
(listen to the song below)
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