Ah yes, the lyrics are in my head, "It's the most wonderful time, it's the hap...happiest time of the year". Is that really true? Is it really the most wonderful time of the year for you? Personally I waver back and forth between good and sad! I have had some good Christmases and some very sad ones. Most of the difficult ones have come from some very poor choices I have made in my life. At those places I was either a little girl in an unhappy family setting, a lonely runaway when I didn't even know it was Christmas and then in a marriage that was very difficult where my family suffered from the results of alcoholism. These were times when Christ was not in my life.
There have also been times when even as a believer that Christmas has been sad or difficult. I have a prodigal son who has caused much sorrow because of his poor choices. Many years we have seen him come and go without any change in his lifestyle or more "stuff" added to the baggage he continues to carry. This makes for sadness for his family as we watch him struggle to keep his head above water. These are times when all the sentiment and family time just doesn't take away the pain of watching a loved one flail through life.
However, deep inside the recesses of my heart, I really do have peace and joy. And it is because of the Christmas story. An incredible expression of love that was lavished upon mankind as the Creator of ALL, humbled Himself and came as a little baby, being birthed in a lowly manger just so that we could once again have fellowship with the Lord, restoring what was broken in the Garden of Eden. This extravagant love, poured out in the form of a baby, then child, then man, the Christ, was God's greatest work from a desire to once again have fellowship with us. As it tells us in Genesis 1:26,27,
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
We have been created in God's very own image! That is sometimes to big for my comprehension but...I have accepted this truth and accepted the Christ who came yet was crucified, died, and buried (defeating death) when He rose on the third day! All for those who will receive the loving offer of redemption through His blood.
With love and a blessed Christmas to you all!
Kimberly Dawn
1 comment:
Well said Kimberly Dawn. Blessings to you!
Julie Meinen
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