John
1:1 "In the
beginning was the Word...and the Word was God.
John
1:3 and 4: Through him all things were
made. In him was life and that life was the LIGHT of all mankind."
Today
we celebrate and worship in awe ~ the birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus' birth was a gift. We have all
gazed upon a newborn baby ~ a gift ~ and thought to ourselves:
"priceless... it doesn't get any better than this!"
Because
we "believe" that Jesus was born ~ to die for all sin and that He
chose us to "receive" forgiveness of that sin...we were given yet
another gift and became "children of God." When God became man
in the birth of Jesus - it was the highest gift of GRACE the
world has ever known.
Our
Lord's birth was an advent.
"Behold, a virgin shall
bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel ~ God is with us."
Isaiah
7:14
One
of my many favorite advent hymns says it all: (verse 3)
Silent night! holy night!
Son of God, love's pure LIGHT
Radiant beams from Thy holy
face
With the dawn of redeeming
GRACE
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.
John
1:14 "The Word
became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the
Father, full of GRACE and truth."
Rejoice!
Rejoice! Emmanuel ~ God is with us!
Prayer:
Dear Lord, I am yours. Your gifts are priceless to me. Allow me to see your
LIGHT and live your GRACE in my life. Amen and Amen.
Katherine
Rogers
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