1 Timothy 6:17b – …but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
2 Peter 1:3 – His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
So blessed. Coming and going, rising and laying down and everything in between, so very blessed. Trials come and sometimes disturb, but joy is never gone (Isaiah 51:11). We have a joy that is not capable of being taken away. Troubled by the worries of earth, but yet a peace, a quietness, and a joy that never leaves (John 16:33). We walk in parallel realities (2 Corinthians 4:18). We are born to this earth, but God has known us before we were born. Before the heavens and the earth were created He knew us (Ephesians 1:4). The spiritual reality is eternal, this world we live in is temporary (Matthew 24:35, 1 John 2:17, 2 Peter 3:12-13). Even if we hurt now, we know a day is coming when all emotion, physical and spiritual pain will cease (Revelation 21:4). Why, because God loves us (Jeremiah 31:3). Oh shout for joy! Shout for Jesus, the Savior born to us, and for us! Praise God! I love my family I was born into! I love my eternal family of God! How I wish that they were completely the same. Still, I love and enjoy all!
Soon many will come together to celebrate the birth of Christ. I know it is not the exact date of His birth, I know problems with the history of the day, but it is a day that many use to acknowledge the birth of the Savior and Lord Jesus. I will celebrate it! God redeemed a filthy thing like me and He surely can redeem this date, and touch the hearts of men. And, indeed He has. I celebrate this date which focuses millions of mind on the birth of Christ. As I focus on the birth of Jesus, who came to this world that men may live eternally with God in peace, I am overwhelmed by God’s love and I am overflowing with thankfulness to God. In Jesus we have all we need. Family, we know, we understand. We see a strong truth, even on bumper stickers, “Know God, Know Peace, No God, No Peace.” This is truth. Eternal truth that has no end and is invulnerable to attacks. I am thankful to God for the complete Truth and the complete victory that comes through Jesus. The coming of the Messiah, of Jesus, was foretold in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament. Isaiah 7:14 foretold of His virgin birth and this was fulfilled in Matthew 1:23. Micah 5:2 foretold where He would be born and this was fulfilled in Matthew 2:6 and John 7:42. Jeremiah 31:15 foretold that the preceding the birth of Christ the enemy of God would do all He could to stop it and this was fulfilled in Matthew 2:16-18. Hosea 11:1 foretold that the Messiah would be called out of Egypt and this was fulfilled in Matthew 2:13-15. Yes, Jesus is the Messiah and He has paid the full price for all who love God and want to live eternally with Him to do so.
Thank you Father God, thank you Jesus, for our families, for the body of Christ and the natural. I am thankful for God the Father sending Jesus His Son to supernaturally make a way where there was no way. I love my Brothers and Sisters in the Lord. We will spend eternity together! I thank God for all who come to Him. I look forward to spending eternity with Jesus and with my family in Him. Considering how greatly God has blessed us, my soul is at rest. My soul is at peace. Blessed be the name of the Lord! Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.