The advertisements have started.... stores are being filled with Christmas merchandise, decorations...the Christmas movies have started...the media has started covering the various arguments which are taking place about the characterization of Christmas....Christians are being ridiculed for their beliefs...history is being rewritten...but the fact remains- there was a Christmas...there was a gift given to the World...
1.
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone,honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
2.
the act of giving.
3.
something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned:
It comes once a year. It bring memories both wonderful and tragic...thoughts we delight in or desperately want to forget... But it still comes...Some associate Christmas' past with loss or wonderful memories....
But, it comes...the gift that God so blessed the world with... It may have been a different time of the year...it wasn't tied in big bows, put under a tree, didn't come down the chimney, nor put in a stocking ...
The gift came through a young woman... in a dirty, animal stable...announced by heavenly Angels to shepherds...blessed by people who had awaited His arrival...protected by an obedient earthly father who listened to directions...worshiped by Kings...feared by political powers...reared by godly parents while growing in stature, filled with wisdom and grace from His Heavenly Father...
World leaders have denounced the Gift, martyred millions in His name, ridiculed, denied..but That Gift never dies, won't be denied, reigns in hearts and lives and is Victorious...
Jesus, Christ the Lord...the Gift above all gifts...the Hope of the World, Savior, a Promise, a Prince, " a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to ...Israel", a Redeemer....and soooooo much More....
Thank YOU God for giving us Your Son...the Ultimate Gift ...
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Out of context but describes the emotion...2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
James 1:17-18 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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