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Hi Friend!
Thanks for being here again. How is everything going for you? Are you all set for Christmas? For me, it’s less than 24hours away! I’m excited!
Did you know that most of the things we do around Christmas time are reaffirmation and profession of our faith that Jesus is indeed the Christ? When you think Christmas season, what comes to your mind? I can guarantee these four things will be on your list – lights, trees, gifts and love. How do these relate to our faith? There is no founder of any other religion whose birth is celebrated with all four things list listed above, true to what the bible teaches, Jesus Christ is indeed the light of the world, the tree of life, gift of God, the radiance of Love’s glory, and the exact representation of His being (Hebrews 1:3).
You believe in love don’t you? Have you ever seen it? What color or texture is it? What is its weight? You can’t say right? Because love is invisible and indescribable, the weight of it is beyond measure, the depth of it is beyond comprehension and the length and breath of it is beyond imagination. But love, not wanting to remain abstract for all eternity became flesh and dwelt amongst men (John 1:14), for none other than GOD IS LOVE (1John 4:8), and Jesus is the visible likeness of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). Therefore, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of true love amongst men. If nothing is worth commemorating and celebrating, the birth of love sure is! Love is what makes life worth living; can you imagine a world without love?
It may be that you don’t feel loved right now; the good thing is your feelings cannot change the fact that you are deeply loved, by Love Himself. God loves you so much that He gave up His ONLY begotten son for about thirty-three years, and within the period watched as mankind mocked His beloved Son, and treated the one for whom and through whom He created the universe (Colossians 1:16) as if He was less than dirt. He endured seeing His dearest Son rejected and despised by the very people He was sent to rescue. He did all these to demonstrate the depth of His love for you. Yes, you mean that much to Him.
Have you ever been separated from a loved one? I have been, because right now I am separated from my children. When you are apart from someone you love, a day is like a thousand years, and everyday you wonder if whatever goal that separation is going to accomplish is worth the pain you have to endure throughout the season of separation. To God, you are worth all that and if He had to do it all over again, I bet you He would.
Your separation may not be from your child or children, it may be from a promise that is yet to come to pass, it may be from a dream that has not come through. Whatever good thing you feel separated from, God understands exactly how you feel and He’s got you covered. I can guarantee that if you don’t give up on your faith, God will make your joy complete (John 16:23-24). Making you happy is His obsession, His kind of happiness stems from His peace, which surpasses human understanding (Philippians 4:7), that means you can choose to be merry in waiting! You can rejoice in hope! You can celebrate in expectation!
It is true; there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven and God made everything beautiful in their time and season (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11) but He does not want you to wait till your appointed time to be happy and have a reason to celebrate, so He loads you with benefits, not yearly, quarterly, monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly but daily! (Psalm 68:19), by the way have you gone to Him today to take delivery of your daily allocation?
Are you convinced yet that God is seeking for every excuse to make you happy? Consider this – for simply calling upon Him, He blesses you, in addition to that He answers you when you call (Romans 10:12-13). It makes perfect sense when people set out on an expedition and get rewarded for their discovery, but Our God does not wait till you find Him to reward you, He rewards you for every step you take towards seeking Him! (Hebrews 11:6). What manner of love is this? It is the love that can be found only in God.
As you celebrate this Christmas, spend some time alone in His presence; let Him know you love Him and spend the rest of your day putting a smile on God’s face by having the merriest Christmas ever!!
SHARE THE FUN! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
With Warmth,
Angela.
Thanks for being here again. How is everything going for you? Are you all set for Christmas? For me, it’s less than 24hours away! I’m excited!
Did you know that most of the things we do around Christmas time are reaffirmation and profession of our faith that Jesus is indeed the Christ? When you think Christmas season, what comes to your mind? I can guarantee these four things will be on your list – lights, trees, gifts and love. How do these relate to our faith? There is no founder of any other religion whose birth is celebrated with all four things list listed above, true to what the bible teaches, Jesus Christ is indeed the light of the world, the tree of life, gift of God, the radiance of Love’s glory, and the exact representation of His being (Hebrews 1:3).
You believe in love don’t you? Have you ever seen it? What color or texture is it? What is its weight? You can’t say right? Because love is invisible and indescribable, the weight of it is beyond measure, the depth of it is beyond comprehension and the length and breath of it is beyond imagination. But love, not wanting to remain abstract for all eternity became flesh and dwelt amongst men (John 1:14), for none other than GOD IS LOVE (1John 4:8), and Jesus is the visible likeness of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). Therefore, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of true love amongst men. If nothing is worth commemorating and celebrating, the birth of love sure is! Love is what makes life worth living; can you imagine a world without love?
It may be that you don’t feel loved right now; the good thing is your feelings cannot change the fact that you are deeply loved, by Love Himself. God loves you so much that He gave up His ONLY begotten son for about thirty-three years, and within the period watched as mankind mocked His beloved Son, and treated the one for whom and through whom He created the universe (Colossians 1:16) as if He was less than dirt. He endured seeing His dearest Son rejected and despised by the very people He was sent to rescue. He did all these to demonstrate the depth of His love for you. Yes, you mean that much to Him.
Have you ever been separated from a loved one? I have been, because right now I am separated from my children. When you are apart from someone you love, a day is like a thousand years, and everyday you wonder if whatever goal that separation is going to accomplish is worth the pain you have to endure throughout the season of separation. To God, you are worth all that and if He had to do it all over again, I bet you He would.
Your separation may not be from your child or children, it may be from a promise that is yet to come to pass, it may be from a dream that has not come through. Whatever good thing you feel separated from, God understands exactly how you feel and He’s got you covered. I can guarantee that if you don’t give up on your faith, God will make your joy complete (John 16:23-24). Making you happy is His obsession, His kind of happiness stems from His peace, which surpasses human understanding (Philippians 4:7), that means you can choose to be merry in waiting! You can rejoice in hope! You can celebrate in expectation!
It is true; there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven and God made everything beautiful in their time and season (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11) but He does not want you to wait till your appointed time to be happy and have a reason to celebrate, so He loads you with benefits, not yearly, quarterly, monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly but daily! (Psalm 68:19), by the way have you gone to Him today to take delivery of your daily allocation?
Are you convinced yet that God is seeking for every excuse to make you happy? Consider this – for simply calling upon Him, He blesses you, in addition to that He answers you when you call (Romans 10:12-13). It makes perfect sense when people set out on an expedition and get rewarded for their discovery, but Our God does not wait till you find Him to reward you, He rewards you for every step you take towards seeking Him! (Hebrews 11:6). What manner of love is this? It is the love that can be found only in God.
As you celebrate this Christmas, spend some time alone in His presence; let Him know you love Him and spend the rest of your day putting a smile on God’s face by having the merriest Christmas ever!!
SHARE THE FUN! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
With Warmth,
Angela.
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