Wednesday, December 22, 2010

"In A Couple of Days and it Will All Be Over" are the words I just overheard in Starbucks. Those words...brought tears to my eyes. How sad.
This Christmas season, I have been having such a hard time wrapping my arms around the holiday "falalalalaling" and putting it in a box with the baby Jesus. Not to be a Debbie Downer or a Scrooge...I just have a burning desire for everyone to experience the birth of Jesus in their life like I have.
Beneath the tinsel and bows....there lies a little baby. A little baby who was wrapped in cloths in a manger. A little baby who was born to die. A little baby who brought hope into the world. A little baby who is hope. The power of this little baby....every day, every season in our lives...whether it is a winter, spring, summer or fall.
Jesus is Jesus beyond December 25. December 25 is just the beginning. He is the gift of the day. He is the gift that keeps giving.
Down deep, I am happy that "in a couple of days it will be all over"...but what I am really happy about ....is that the hustle and bustle, the running around, the "what should I buy so and so", the "I ate way too much"...will be over.. all of the distractions of the seasons will be gone...
But....when all the decorations of the tree are taken off..and there before your eyes is a bare tree...a tree with less needles then it had when it was first brought into your house...Jesus will still be Jesus. Jesus will still be under that tree...waiting to be unwrapped every day, as Jesus is the tree of life...
" I Am the Way and the Truth and the Life..." (John 14:6)
May you unwrap this precious little baby into your life and experience the most expensive gift that you will ever get. May He richly bless your spirit, so each day becomes a Christmas celebration.
Love to you from my heart...this heart of mine that is in love with this precious little baby who has given me all that I will ever need.
Merry...Merry...Christmas....
Today....Tomorrow...Forever.
In His Glorious Peace,
Joni


"May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with the Hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

You are not Alone T wo footprints...actually mine. How lonely they look upon the sand as I approach the ocean. The ocean...such beauty...