Hello my wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much. With our Christmas day either drawing to completion or completed already here in America, I would like to ask you how your day was? You may have anticipated that this was going to be the ‘Best Christmas Ever’. You were excited to be getting together with your huge family and friends. You couldn’t wait until the delicious meal was served. You wanted to see your children and family open the gifts that you worked so hard to earn the money to buy for them. You also totally enjoyed the Christmas decorations, scents of Christmas candles and the atmosphere of celebration.
Perhaps despite all of your hopes and dreams about how your Christmas day would evolve, it didn’t turn out that way-not even a little bit. Maybe you felt discouraged, disappointed or depressed. Maybe you didn’t have high hopes for this Christmas day to begin with. You knew you would be alone, sad, and feeling hopeless about life and sure enough this is exactly how your Christmas was spent.
These are quite different Christmas scenarios. Maybe your Christmas was somewhere in between, not spectacular- just alright. I want to share with you how you can start at this very moment and make this Christmas the most joyous and fulfilling Christmas ever. It is not about a huge family and lots of friends. It is not about excellent, savory food and an atmosphere of holiday celebration. It is not about gifts and all of the money you spent. It does not even matter if you are all alone. In fact that could be a benefit at this moment. The Answer to how to experience this is JESUS Christ the True Reason for the CHRISTmas Season.
Dear LORD God we come to You on this Christmas night with worship, praise, thanksgiving, honor and glory as our gifts to You Jesus on Your Birthday. We give You ourselves, our lives, and our families as Your present. Father today many people attended Church who would not go at any other time of year. They heard Your WORD the Bible preached. Please call Your WORD to remembrance in their lives. Holy Spirit draw them to Jesus. Call them to You to be saved and to have a desire to return to Church and learn Your WORD.
Please let them know that to have a True, intimate relationship with the Creator of the entire Universe can be their gift from You as well as their gift to You every day of their lives whether they live alone or in a large family. God, You are always with us. You never leave us nor forsake us. Let us know, truly know and experience this Truth about You. Comfort the grieving, heal the broken hearted, protect those in peril, provide for all of Your children please LORD. We love you, we trust You, we Believe in You, We depend upon You. Thank You in advance Jesus. It’s all about You. In Jesus Name. Amen. All glory to God!
As for myself, I had a few plans in mind. The main focus of my CHRISTmas day celebration was/is Jesus. For this reason I can celebrate CHRIST every day and every moment of my life. I had an Amazing Christmas!! Did my plans come into fruition? No, not even one of them. Except the Main One-celebrating Jesus. My heart overflowed with His Joy which the Bible says is my strength. I experienced His Peace that passes understanding.
JOHN 14:27 “PEACE I, (JESUS), LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU. NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET THEM BE AFRAID.”
NEHEMIAH 8:10 THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH.
I spent the day all alone, yet not at all alone. Jesus was with me every moment. Did I have opportunities to become down, depressed or disheartened? Sure, that can happen any day. But I chose not to. I chose to instead ‘Keep the Main Thing, the Main Thing’. I kept my focus on my LORD and His WORD and celebrating Jesus. After all it is HIS Birthday.
By this time in my life, I have lost a few loved ones. This year alone, I lost 3 of my very senior Chihuahuas to serious chronic diseases and I have another one who is almost passing away as I am writing this to you. God Himself has comforted me with His Holy Spirit Who is called the Paraclete=the Comforter.
I had plans to go to one of my children’s homes and spend Christmas with them. I could not go because I caught a cold. Instead I took my 2 remaining Chihuahuas on a walk in a doggie stroller. I will have soup for my Christmas meal and I will be so thankful. It will be the Perfect meal for someone who has a cold and sore throat.
I wanted to go to Church also. I was very excited that Christmas was on Sunday and my Church was having services. Again, I did not get to go because of the cold that I caught. Instead I watched many preachers on TV, read my Bible, prayed for you and am writing to you. It was such an awesome Christmas day. Tomorrow, I will celebrate Jesus the same way, and the next day and the day after that, until the day that Jesus takes me from this earth and into Heaven to spend eternity with Him.
Jesus offers this personal, intimate relationship, pure love, joy and peace to you also. To everyone. It is your choice to make. Please choose wisely. Your eternal destination depends on it. You don’t have to be sad and lonely ever again. Please repent of your sin and accept Jesus Christ as your LORD and Savior. He will change your life. He loves you too much to leave you as you are.
Will your life be suddenly perfect? Absolutely not. Not on this side of Heaven. Will we become rich? That is not even the goal. Life with Jesus is so much more. It is everything. Jesus is our Portion. Any monetary gain cannot even begin to compare. Jesus tells us in His Bible that we will experience trials and tribulations. Everyone will, whether they are a Christian or not. We may experience tragedies. I have experienced many. The thing is that we don’t go through them alone. Jesus is always with us. He sustains us and makes us thrive, not just barely survive.
PSALM 119:57 “THE LORD IS MY PORTION, I PROMISE TO KEEP YOUR WORDS. I ENTREAT YOUR FAVOR WITH ALL MY HEART, BE GRACIOUS TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR PROMISE.”
Until we get to talk again, please remember I love you and most importantly Jesus loves you. God bless you all and all of your generations in Jesus Name.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!