DAy 31: To Be Or Not To Be

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, 

just 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 to 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,

but I don't leave JESUS in DECEMBER.

or even in CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

For LOVING JESUS has no limits.

And when you LOVE JESUS with your ALL,

you EXPEREINCE a CHRISTMAS OF THE HEART

that BIRTHS

a newness in every day.

So where will JESUS be in AUGUST?

The same place HE has always been,

RIGHT HERE,

because

JESUS ISN'T A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION.

So what if we continue to spread

 CHRISTMAS JOY

the whole through

by

having a

BE~ATITUDE

just like JESUS taught

in

the SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

To

LIVE beyond just reading

HIS WORDS

but

by PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE,~

 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of MINE

and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock"

(Matthew 7:24)..

JESUS' closing words to HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

An INVITATION

to go deeper into the HEART of JESUS ,

to have a JESUS ATITUDE of THE HEART,

A BE~ATITUDE.

What is your ATTITUDE?

Join us tomorrow as we welcome

AUGUST

with our

31 NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL SERIES~

"TO BE OR NOT BE".

Therefore,

GET READY.

GET SET.

And

LET'S GO

to

"LIVE LIKE JESUS"

(listen to the song below)