Before I write to you what should have been posted yesterday (Christmas) I want to let you all know that I am working on organizing things so I have time for the priorities in life. Hopefully this will also make it so that I can post on a regular basis. But enough about me, let's get to the post (to let you all know this post is about Jesus and the Christmas story).
Let me start by saying that we are not the focus of Christmas God is, but Christmas is about God's deep and vast love for us. Jesus was sent by God into the world as a Savior (John 1:4), meaning that Jesus had the mission to save all who would accept him. Some people during Christmas just look at Jesus as a helpless baby in a manger, but it's so much more than that. God was willing to live a the life of a mortal man (Jesus) and go through all the bad things in life to die on a cross to save us! When we think of Christmas we should think of Jesus's birth AND suffering; we should think of how God has a plan for you and for me. The Bible says in Jerimiah 29:11, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future,'". This Christmas season let us rejoice that Jesus was sent into this world to die, so that we could be saved; He has given us true hope.
-Julia-
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