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Day 7: Believing Faith

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GOD doesn't go backwards.

CHRISTMAS is a FORWARD MOTION.

The DAY the WORLD experienced

GOD'S LOVE

that

TRANSCENDED ALL UNDERSTANDING.

Who could BELIEVE it?

Who would BELIEVE it?

It was way too absurd to BELIEVE. 

Actually,

it was TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

And today

it is still for so many,

as it still

TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING,

How can

THE SON OF GOD

be born

into this world

from the womb of an ordinary little girl,

who was

CHOSEN to DELIVER

the most precious

FOREVER GIFT,

who was born to

DELIVER

everyone?

Absurd you say.

Because it is.

And that is why

it is so

TRUE TO BE GOOD.

So why not BELIEVE?

Oh I BELIEVE, 

but at times I act as if I don't.

When I

grow weary waiting for

THE GOOD to come from something that is not so GOOD. 

When I

GO BACKWARDS

 trying to figure out the "whys" of why things are

 happening and not happening.

And

when my heart is so heavy laden

because of great loss.

When

I start to

DOUBT GOD'S PROMISES.

Is GOD REAL?

Is JESUS REALLY THE SON OF GOD?

Is JESUS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

or is

JESUS so TRUE that HE IS THE GOOD!

JESUS is the GOOD in the not so GOOD.

JESUS is the GOOD in the unanswered questions.

JESUS is the GOOD in the heavy laden~ness of loss.

From the moment JESUS let out HIS first cry

when HE was DELIVERED into this world,

HE hasn't stopped

being

SO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

JESUS was BORN to DIE to RISE.

TRUTH BE TOLD.

Just ask the disciples.

"While they were still talking about this,

 JESUS HIMSELF stood among them and said to them,

 'Peace be with you.'

They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

 HE said to them,

'Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

 Look at my hands and my feet.

 It is I myself!

Touch me and see;

 a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have' "

(Luke 24: 36-39).

Oh did they BELIEVE it was really HIM?

Oh no, as it was

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

DOUBT in the midst of THE TRUTH.

As JESUS always doing and being

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

that HE was UNBELIEVABLE,

until HE did the UNBELIEVABLE again.

"When the disciples saw HIM walking on the water,

they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, 'It’s a ghost!'

But JESUS spoke to them at once. 'Don’t be afraid,'

HE said.

 'Take courage. I am here!'"

(Matthew 14:26-27).

Oh how I treat JESUS like HE is a ghost.

A figment of my imagination when I am

 DOUBTING HIM.

No more as

 I RECEIVE HIS WORDS,

"You have so little faith,” JESUS said.

“Why did you doubt ME?”

(Matthew 14:31)

CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

BELIEVE.

"JESUS HAPPENED"

(listen to the song below)


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