Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I can't wait to come back and tell you all the wonderful things that have happened in the past couple months! Sooo exciting! But on this Christmas Day, I think I'll tell you about something else.

This morning, like the obsessive compulsive craze I am, I posted on every single Facebook Friends wall "Merry Christmas! Jesus was born for you today!" I love telling people about Jesus! He was born AND DIED for us and the gratitude that fills me every day is immeasurable. And though I may be a little naive sometimes to think that everyone I know loves Jesus the way I do, I LOVE to tell people about His birthday. So I'm GOING to wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS. Not Happy Holidays. I didn't do it to be noticed or to single people out and I didn't have any expectations of anyone commenting back. I was happy and I wanted to share. It's the most wonderful time of the year! I DID hear from a LOT of people wishing my family well...I love that about Facebook. Wishing happiness on an anniversary or birthday, usually theirs but today the birth of Jesus. It keeps a world small, I think, when you can talk to friends from another time in your life.

The holiday season usually brings out the BEST in people on Facebook. Usually. I WAS naive and I didn't expect what I got. Offended. VERY offended. By a nonbeliever. How could one not have a clue about the birth of a Savior? In such outright blatant denial? Deny Christ. The thought is sad and scary. They ask 'How can God be born a human being and still be GOD? The King of Kings?'

"In opting to celebrate His birthday in Bethlehem in such low-key fashion, Jesus revealed Himself free from public opinion, from fear of what others might say or think. Jesus is the incarnation of the Father's freedom. Paradoxically, while the freedom of Jesus is contagious for some, in others it arouses defensiveness. They have set their faces against freedom, against surprise, against novelty." Brennan Manning: Lion and Lamb

How do you explain to someone that our God declared freedom from the ways of the world before he could cry his first cry?

May today, and every day after, you believe that all you look for in this world is found only in hope, grace, mercy, love, childlike joy, faith, salvation. Only in Him.

I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you always remember why we celebrate every year! Have a blessed coming week.

Tracie