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Sunday, December 25, 2011

So this is Christmas

A beautiful, joy-filled Christmas to you! What a wonderful reason to celebrate - love, grace, humility, rescue, hope.

With our kids today we highlighted the feeling of excitement to give. We asked them to consider how it was they were feeling in the moments before their siblings or parents opened the gifts they had so carefully selected. We asked them to imagine God's excitement and sovereign expectancy as He sent His Son to the manger that first Christmas night - Answer, Rescue, Hope. What greater gift could He give than Himself? And how delighted must He have been to give that gift?

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

It pleased God to give His Son just as it would please God to crush Him.

For love. For life.
For God's glory.

Christ came to a manger on His way to a cross for me, for you. His delight is to be Emmanuel, Messiah, Saviour, Rescue. "Glory to God in the highest heaven!".

Merry, Merry Christmas.

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