materialism, a jolly guy with a white beard, have taken away from what this night symbolizes.
the day Hope entered the world.. hope for reconciliation with God... a Light appeared, and started piercing through the darkness...
back in the place of my childhood, swallowed up by memories and dynamics from long ago.. darkness in a way... but there He is, the Hope, that even this darkness will be illuminated by His light... whenever the time is right..when it is His will..
in the meantime I am choosing to read and immerse myself in the hope that is found in His Word..
this is what has given me comfort today :
We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ( Colossians 1:9-14)
strengthened with the power of the Father Himself, I can be patient and I do not have to lose hope..He has brought me into the kingdom of the Son He loves and He will fill me with knowledge and wisdom, so that I can be His servant, I can deal with painful memories, old dynamics and bitterness, my cracks and wounds allow His light to shine through me and maybe this time it will have a meaningful impact.. bringing change...
thankfully I am not worrying about that either, because in His wisdom and His sovereignty His will be done in Celerina as it is in Heaven... He will make all things beautiful in His time.
when He came into this world, a little baby boy born in a manger, the Son of God, all God and all man, He had chosen to give up Heaven... He had chosen to give His life so that we would be reconciled through the forgiveness of our sins by the shedding of His blood.. what love is this, that He would be mindful of me.. willingly choosing suffering even to death to give me hope....
this Christmas season in an utterly secular world, I am worshipping this baby born so long ago, always thankful for what He has done for me, and always ready to explain where my Hope comes from..
May He and only He be glorified this Christmas and FOREVER MORE.
