Good morning! I hope you recharged your batteries this weekend and are fully energized as you start off your day.
This week many of you, like myself are busily working to wrap up your Christmas shopping. You’ve already spent hours in the stores and online trying to find the perfect gift for the loved ones in your life.
The air is filled with the sounds of ringing bells and Christmas carols. The streets and sidewalks are busy with the buzz of holiday traffic. The colors of red and green dot the landscape while yet another “today only” sale is announced.
I am afraid that in all of this commotion and emotion we forget the things that really matter:
John 3:16 (NLT)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
The greatest gift the world has ever known has been given. God loved you…God loved me…God loved all of us so much that “he gave his only Son…”
In the midst of the carols, nativity scenes and gift wrap have you stopped to consider the fact that God gave his Son for you. Without Jesus there would be no hope. Without Jesus there would be no grace. Without Jesus there would be no forgiveness. Without Jesus there would be no intimacy with God.
Isaiah 7:14 (NLT)
All right then, the Lord himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel—’God is with us.’
Jesus…God with us!!! This Christmas season take time out to celebrate the one who loved you so much that he gave his life for yours. Despite all that Madison Avenue tells you…Jesus is still the reason for the season.
Until next Monday, may God’s richest blessings be yours this week.
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