It HAPPENS and you can't BELIEVE it HAPPENS,
because the only thing
you did was to
SHOW UP.
For JESUS
was waiting for you the whole time,
because
HE not only had something to say,
but
HE had SOMETHING to give you that was
IMMEASURABLY MORE
then you could ever IMAGINE.
And all you had to do
was to
ANSWER JESUS' INVITATION
to climb
THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.
You hear HIS WORDS,
"COME TO ME ALL...",
and you COME,
and HE is there to give you REST.
But HE doesn't stop there,
as HE INVITES you to
"CAST ALL YOUR CARES...".
So you CAST ALL YOUR CARES,
and HE is there to give you HIS PEACE.
But HE doesn't stop there,
as HE INVITES you to
"TRUST IN ME..."
And you TRUST,
and HE is there to
lead you
along the
path that brings you deeper into HIS HEART,
and the only way you respond
is to dance and sing
and celebrate!
And all you did was SHOW UP.
This weekend precious women
SHOWED UP
with their opens hearts
and joined me
to
celebrate
JESUS,
who SHOWED up as
A BABY ,
who SHOWED up as
A SHEPHERD,
who SHOWED up on
A CROSS,
who SHOWED up in
A GRAVE,
and then
SHOWED up
in a world that saw
HIM
BORN in a manger,
HUNG on a CROSS,
DEAD in a GRAVE,
and then
ALIVE,
as HE ROSE
above
all the darkness of the world
that HE GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED
with each nail that was dug into HIS body.
JESUS SHOWED UP,
because that was
THE WILL of HIS FATHER.
"The FATHER loves the SON and has given
and entrusted all things into HIS hand"
(John 3:35)
And why would HE?
Because that is who HE IS.
HE welcomes ALL with
HIS outstretched arms
that
that shout
I LOVE YOU.
But HE doesn't want you to come empty handed,
as HE desires GIFTS from you.
HE wants
ALL your ANXIETIES,
which are
ALL your CARES,
so that HE can GIFT you
with
THE PEACE that transcends understanding
and
HIS UNSPEAKABLE JOY
because of
HIS EVERLASTING LOVE
that was
SWADDLED around THE BABY JESUS
and then
WRAPPED around JESUS THE MAN
and then
SWADDLED around the BURIED JESUS
and then
LEFT BEHIND
to let us all know
that
JESUS IS COMING BACK!
Because
THE BABY JESUS
was
DELIVERED into this world
to
DELIVER ALL!
All because
GOD made
A PROMISE
that lasts
FOREVER,
because
GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES
and
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE FROM THE ONE MAKING THE PROMISE.
So why am I experiencing
HIS REAL PEACE
that transcends all understanding?
JESUS IS HERE.
HE IS IMMANUEL.
GOD IS WITH US.
Oh how I know
that
GOD IS HERE
because,
this weekend HE blew my socks off,
even though I don't even wear socks.
But when you have a room
filled with
women who you have known
and
women who you just met for the first time,
who have
ANSWERED an INVITATION
to experience
"A FRESH START",
that is
WRAPPED
in
THE BABY
who is
REAL HOPE,
REAL PEACE,
REAL JOY,
and
REAL LOVE,
you can not
not be
OVERWHELMED
by
THE LOVE OF GOD.
Oh my HEART IS FULL,
because there is nothing better than to
experience
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Because when two or more are gathered,
you better watch out
because
there is no stopping the
JOY OF THE LORD
to overtake your
HEART,
because
there is no stopping
GOD.
I bet OUR FATHER
was just chuckling,
as HE watched
HIS DAUGHTERS
LOVING HIS JESUS~
OUR JESUS
who is
THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING
and who
NEVER STOPS
bringing
HIS REAL HOPE into despair,
HIS REAL PEACE into anxiety,
HIS REAL JOY into fear.
And that is because of
HIS REAL LOVE
that DELIVERED HIM
to a little stable in
BETHLEHEM,
on that one SILENT NIGHT,
where HE was lying in a manger.
Oh the
JOY OF CHRISTMAS
that
DELIVERED A BABY on earth
so
HE WILL DELIVER you!
So thank you to all the women
who came to spend the day with all of us,
to celebrate
our
JESUS
together!!
May you all
open the
GIFT OF CHRISTMAS
that is for everyone~
"For GOD SO LOVED that the world that
HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON,
that WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE" (John 3:16).
For ETERNITY begins now,
because
WHO IS THIS BABY?
HE IS YOURS AND MINE AND EVERYONES,
"ALL BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM"
(listen to the song below)
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