Christmas, 2011

Things I Like about Christmas 2011

I have had a more relaxed Advent season than I used to have.  I have even had time to pray and think about how we celebrated the birth of Jesus.  His incarnation as Immanuel, God with us, has given us any number of blessings for which to be thankful. 

Because of Him

n      we have the possibility of eternal life by knowing the Father and Jesus whom He has sent to give Life to the full.

n      we have the joy of delighting in the Holy Spirit’s Presence in our lives, experiencing the gifts and graces the Father has always planned to people to enjoy.

n      we have the joy of two kinds of family – the natural-born family through which we get to hear the laughter of children to the second and third generations and the Spirit-born family which is sometimes even closer and more joyous.

n      we have the privilege of celebrating the most meaningful events in human life, even physical death of a loved one, with the joy of knowing that everything points beyond to the life we have in Christ for eternity.

n      we have the awesome understanding that we are created with the purpose of being God-centered in all of life, the good and the bad, because He is in control and He chooses to live within us.

n      we have the gracious example of Jesus Christ, who taught us how to really love, and the power of the Holy Spirit within us to enable us to really love.

n      we have the written Word of God to give us Light, the Living Word of God to give us Life, and the Present Word of God, the Holy Spirit, to make it all reality in us.

There is more that can be said, and probably should be.  Feel free to add what you think of and perceive about the blessings of Christmas.  But please remember that the greatest Gift of all time came to us in the form of a Baby, that we can relate to Him, His life, and His will.  That is worth more than all the silver and gold and “stuff” in the world.

Joyous Christmas! 

From Rev. Moose