Christmas comes each year to draw people in from the cold.

Like tiny frightened sparrows, shivering in the winter cold, many live their lives on the barren branches of heartbreak, disappointment, and loneliness, lost in the thoughts of shame, self pity, guilt, or failure.  One blustery day follows another, and the only company they keep is with fellow-strugglers who land on the same branches, confused and unprotected.

We try so hard to attract them into the warmth.  Week after week the church bells ring.  Choirs sing.  Preachers preach.  Lighted churches send out their beacon.  But nothing seems to bring in those who need warmth the most.

Then, as the year draws to a close, Christmas offers it’s wonderful message.  Emmanuel.  God with us.  He who resides in Heaven, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, willingly desended into our world.  He breathed our air, felt our pain, knew our sorrows, and died for our sins.  He didn’t come to frighten us, but to show us the way to warmth and safety.  (Charles Swindoll “The Finishing Touch”)

May this day be one of true Revelation as to what the real meaning of Christmas is all about.  Emmanuel, God is with us.

Have a Christ filled Christmas

Mike

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