I’ve always struggled with this time of year as an adult. Stressed over how we could be in ten different places all at the same time. How to afford all the gifts that would be required to cover the facade that I was a nice “giving” young man. I know this is a difficult time of the year for some of you. Maybe Christmas is a reminder that your marriage is not where you want it to be. Maybe Christmas is a reminder your financial situation is tanking or has tanked. Maybe it’s a reminder of a loved one you’ve lost. All you need to do is turn on the news to see there is a great deal of pain in our world. We all need some healing; we could all use a little grace.
This past February I asked Jesus Christ to come into my life and be my Savior. This past October I was baptized into his Kingdom and my life has begun anew! Tomorrow for me I can honestly say will be the greatest Christmas in my 44 short years on this earth. Not because of anything that could be put under a tree, but more over for the gift I receive in HIS grace every single day. For the first time in my life I celebrate HIS birth and am humbled by what it represents for all of us that accept him into our hearts!
My Christmas wish for you is you would accept Jesus Christ into your hearts this season (if you haven’t already) and let the Prince of Peace breathe his everlasting life into you! So that you can have the same sense of peace I’ve found and celebrate HIS birth, not just on December 25th, but everyday of the rest of your lives!
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 (NASB)
