It’s Christmas Eve and we’ve put up our trees, wrapped our packages and stilled ourselves in front of the nativity scenes that grace our homes. These nativity scenes seem to cradle the very essence of what Christmas is really all about ... the birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior. And as our spirits settle down and sink into the presence of God that fills our homes, our hearts seem to swell, as if we could somehow hold the love that has been showered on us, in the story of Christmas.
Christmas is really a love story. A real,
love story of a King, the King of Kings, setting aside His throne, His
grandeur, His royal garments, and then, clothing himself in ordinary flesh and blood. The Bible says He came down to us and “moved into the neighborhood.”
He came down to us.
He became Emmanuel, God WITH us.
He
could have stayed in Heaven, but He loved us enough to lay everything aside and
become like us… become a baby. Then live a life on this earth, listening to His
Father, as He taught us, healed us, encouraged us, and eventually saved us for
eternity by His death on a cross.*
Oh, how He loves us. And Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, because we
remember just how very much we are loved. Every single one of us … just as we are.
At Christmas ... a King came down to earth for you.
Blessings to you on Christmas Eve,
The Velvet Lime Girls
* Philippians 2:6-8
* Philippians 2:6-8
