This is a special article for me ,but bare with me as I stray from the norm and discuss what is truly important to me this season. Christmas has a meaning for every person. Christmas can mean a time with family, childhood magic, Santa Clause, and presents. It can also bring grief in the loss of a loved one, stress of providing a Christmas for your kids, debt, and in a lot of cases loneliness. I want to take advantage of this platform I've been given and simply share the "True Meaning" of Christmas. The best way I can tell this story is straight from the book of Luke.
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married him and was expecting a child. While they were there the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him cloths and placed him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby,keeping watch over their flocks by night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel praising God and saying "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rest." NIV Luke 2:1-14
Max Lucado directed a movie called "The Christmas Child" that had one of the best meanings of Christmas I had ever heard. Every year at this time we gather as friends and family. We remember who we are, what we have, and what we've lost. Christmas is so much more than a touching story or some nostalgic holiday fairy tale. It is in fact a reminder of the most amazing reality. That God came, and God spoke. Peace on earth God is with us. And the God who spoke still speaks and the God who came still comes. This is the true miracle of Christmas. As we go through this real world and our real lives full of problems and questions, past hurts, and future hopes. God is with us.
God is with you. He is the hope you are looking for. God sent his son Jesus so that we might be forgiven for our sins and by accepting Him and believing that He came, He died, and He rose again you can have a place in heaven for all eternity. I can't imagine heaven without you. Will you accept God's gift today?
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