When I was young we had a tradition in my family. At some point around Christmas my Grandma would take the Grandkids into the living room and read the Christmas Story. She would not only read it to us, she would charge us the responsibility of placing the figures in the Nativity Scene. It is one of my favorite Christmas memories and as a kid one of my favorite traditions. As I have grown older I have accepted the cookie cutter story. I knew the Wise Men did not come to Bethlehem and I knew it did not play out exactly like my Grandma's little Nativity but I never really pushed it. Here are some thoughts that I have had this season:
Mary was 13-16 years old. A teenager changed the world by saying yes to God. Wow. I truly believe that is the call on this generation today as well. God is looking for students who are willing to say yes to Him.
The Shepherds were the outcast and the forgotten. They heard the message from the Angels, they saw Jesus for themselves, they believed, and then they went and told. They went back into the town that rejected them and shared the story of Christ.
Emmanuel - God with us. God came down. He could have left us alone, but He loved us too much. Even when you would like for God to leave you alone, He will alway be pursuing us.
Look at Jesus' family history. His family was more jacked up that mine.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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