Friday, January 04, 2008

What is the REAL REASON?

What is the real reason?

We wear pins that say, "Jesus is the reason for the Season", have bumper stickers, and so much more regarding this statement. Now that the holidays are over and our pockets are empty and our bill boxes are full....can we truly look back and confirm that He was our reason for the season? I know it is hard not to get caught up in the festivities of the season. There are so many wonderful things to get involved in but when all is said and done, Christ should be what motivates everything we do. Even our gift giving.....the Lord placed those special people in your life and it is ok to give a gift to them. Just remember Him in all that you do.

My husband wrote devotion for another event that I wanted to share with you. As I read this one it really gave me food for thought.

(Written by Graeme Wilson) Over the Christmas season we had the opportunity to hear a lot of different "Christmas Messages". One that really stuck with me and made an impression was at my home church. The speaker mentioned that as you know every year society goes through it ups and downs and highs and lows in terms of Christianity.

Sometimes the attacks on Christianity are very blatant like when they passed the ban on praying in schools. He said that this year he heard on the radio that the big thing was not the removing of the nativity scene from public places, but rather, the Christ child out of the scene. He went on to say that he made a point of looking the next time when he was driving through his home town, and sure enough, there was Mary and Joseph staring down at a pile of Hay!

Disturbing, we say, and yet for 2000 years Satan has been trying to get Christ out of the manger. But thankfully we have the verse (Galatians 4:4) "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law."

As we go into this New Year, can each of say that Christ has His rightful place in our life? He no longer is the babe in a manger, He came for your sins and mine and He is in heaven preparing a home for those that accepted that gift of salvation. If you're not sure if you're a child of God now is the time to make sure. Ask Him into you heart, ask him to forgive your sins and to cleanse you and He will. Then go and tell someone today.

Yes, He is ALIVE and living in my heart today. How about your heart and life? The gift of salvation is a gift that never stops giving since it is for eternity.

Graeme & Lynn W

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