A Baby does change everything!
God took me on a journey...
beginning the moment I looked into the eyes of my first born...
then my second...
and then my third...
to lead me to the cross.
In the midst of my self self-destruction...
I finally looked up into Jesus’ eyes and
cried out for Him to save me,
so I could mother my sweet babes.
My cry was because of my babies,
as it was love at first sight,
but not a love for me...
as I felt not enough...
but for them.
Gifts, God placed in my precious husband's and my arms...
not because of what we have or haven’t done...
just because He did.
God sent His love through a baby,
causing me to look away from me
so I would look at Him.
Because He so loves us..
in our broken state..
in our hopelessness
in our I don’t can’t anymore moments.
The Baby changed everything...
Because God sent
The Baby
To you...To me..
to love us back together.
Charlie Brown may have been called a blockhead,
but that blockhead asked the most important question...
“Doesn’t anyone know what Christmas is all about?”
And he got his answer...
And is wasn’t answered through a Christmas tree adorned in glitter and gold,
but in a tree that no one would buy.
Because of the simple tree pictured above…
Listen to the simple truth from the mouth of a child.
"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."
Love...
Isn’t it love that we all need?
To be loved.
To feel loved.
To love.
To be wrapped up in love.
Linus takes his security blanket,
his trusted blanket that doesn't leave his side...
and swaddles it around the bottom of the naked tree..
And then the tree
immediately stands.....
Because is was swaddled in
Love.
All because of the cloth that ....
first swaddled The Baby to become our
Hope...
Then swaddled The Man as He walked this earth,
to become our
Peace...
Then swaddled The King in death...
so HE could take it off,
to leave it behind
so He could swaddle us in it...
to
become our trusted security blanket.
Why would God have His Child be born to die?
Listen to
"How Many Kings"
All because of
Love
HE loved you first...
the day He knitted you together in your mother’s womb was the day He started loving you...
and
He hasn’t stopped...
No matter what you may feel about yourself at this moment
Or what you have done in the past,
Because the One who matters
Says that your matter
and that is all that matters!
BECAUSE
You were
LOVED AT FIRST SIGHT
All because of
The Baby...
Who was...
Sent in Love
Lived in Love
Died in Love
&
Rose
to share the Love....
so His Father could swaddle you in
Love!
The Baby...
The One and Only true gift of Christmas...
SO WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT REALLY?
Twas the night before Christmas …
Pick up The Baby
And make it your birthday.
Tomorrow when you wake up there may not be a devotion coming your way,
(but you never know)
but there will be a Baby who was born for you.
Embrace the Christ Child like you have never done before...
and become
Wrapped in His Promise
beyond
December 25!
*Stay tuned on December 26..