Dad and I were coming back from hunting this evening, and there was a house about five minutes from ours that already had a Christmas tree up. Some may say that it is too early to celebrate Christmas, but for the Christian, Christmas is more than a once a year celebration. We can wake up everyday and praise God that Christ came. God gave us the greatest gift that mankind could receive when He gave His Son for us. This wasn’t just a one time gift either, this gift keeps giving. In Christ we have forgiveness, eternal life, and we are given a clean slate, but as we live each day God gives us the strength that we need. God gives us peace. He carries us in the Palm of His hand. When we receive Christ we also receive the Holy Spirit to live in us. When we confess Jesus as Lord and Savior, we receive so much more than we could have ever asked for, and we continue to do so as we walk with Him. I’m not saying that life is easy, nor am I saying that you will have every physical thing you could want, but, I am saying God will take care of you. There will be some rough times but He will bring you through. When Jesus, the very Son of God, came to earth in the flesh, He was born in a stable and laid in a manger. We are no better than Christ, but Christ will be with us through the good times and hard times. We can be thankful that He came year round, not just one day a year. “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23. God Bless!
