Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas - Lisa Patterson

Baby Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

When we give a fragile gift, we make sure it is marked on the box that contains it. The word fragile is written with big letters because we don't want anyone to damage what is inside. God's gift to us came in the most fragile package: a baby. Sometimes we imagine Christmas day as a beautiful scene on a postcard, but any Mother can tell you it wasn't so. Mary was tired, and maybe insecure. And the baby was born in the most unsanitary conditions. She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the "inn." Luke 27.
A baby needs constant care. Babies cry, eat, sleep, and depends on caregivers. They cannot make decisions. In Mary's day, infant mortality was high, and mothers often died in childbirth. Why did God choose such a fragile way to send His son to earth? Because Jesus had to be like us in order to save us. God's greatest gift came in the fragile body of a baby, but God took the risk because He loves us. Let us be thankful today for such a gift! We need Him very hour.
Luke 2:1-7 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! Do not take Him lightly.
Take time from your busy Holiday schedule and thank God for all the wonderful things he has bestowed on us and given us eternal life for accepting His only son
to die on the Cross for us at Calvalry, when He knew no sin at all. He loved us so much that he gave His only son to die for us, so we may be saved for eternity. He is so interested in us that He will go out of His way for us if we only believe on Him and have faith the way He wants. That is His faith and only that kind is the pleasing kind to Him. He wants us to come to Him just the way we are.
Lord said, "Let me do the work I started. It is mine and mine alone. I will take care of it all. It 's all so taken care of. I'm rearranging things to make it better and in more order. The order I want is the accurate arrangement of things and
events I have made for the Church. It is coming very soon. A new and beautiful Church just for my people. Be by my side for me to do this work I have planned for years and years. This is all my ways. No one can do what I do in the spirit for you. More and more things to come and quickly to come."
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is Lisa Patterson with the Good
News that Jesus Loves you and wants you to come to Him today!