This Christmas

In addition to the rumblings of my own soul and spirit a song I learned as a child is the inspiration for today's Victory Call. The song is as follows:

LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on Earth, the peace that was meant to be.
With God as our Father, brothers all are we,
Let me walk with my brother, in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now.
With every step I take, let this be my solemn vow,
To take each moment and live each moment in peace, eternally.
Let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me."1
~~Words and Music by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller, Circa 1955~~

Peace, however, is not what occupies my thinking today. It is truth. What if the song read, let there be TRUTH on earth? Would we be able to say that truth resides in us?

What is truth? From John chapter 14 we know that Jesus Himself is truth. In verse 6 Jesus responds to Thomas's question by telling him, "I am the way, the truth and the life..."

We are fast approaching a Christmas and I, for one, have no idea where the time went. In spite of that we are here and for many of us the hustle and bustle is about to begin. Today is a brand new day, sisters. My deepest, truest longing for us all, this season, is that we remember what is true about this and keep it always in focus.

So to paraphrase the song: Let there be truth on earth and let it begin with me. Let there be truth on earth, the truth that was meant to me. With God as our Father, sisters all are we.

Let us walk with each other in truth and let the moment we decide to do so be NOW and not later. With every step we take let us vow to BE ABOUT truth this holiday season the world is in, taking and living each moment with eternity in view.

Let's begin with remembering to keep the main thing the main thing this Christmas. There is no tradition, or custom or practice that comes close to depicting the truth of Christmas, so may we be ever so intentional to remember the Christ in Christmas!

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ~ John 3:16

Stephanie

1 http://synergy_2.tripod.com/lyrics/ponearth.html