We Will Arrive

Last week we talked about counting and now it’s all about preparation. Just over a week from now, we will have our most festive and wonderful celebration of our calendar year.  So let’s get ready. Wrap, clean, arrange, plan and pull it all together.

And even at church we are past the halfway point in our journey to Christmas. Hope fads into the past as we faintly remember that this life is not the end, but the beginning of eternity. On top of this, a sense of peace between ourselves and the creator of the universe brings relief. It was a threshold if you will, of going through a door that opens to a new life where the lack of peace in the world does not impact the peace we feel in our hearts given to us by God.

I believe having hope and peace is the beginning of a fulfilled life. The hard stuff is behind us. To give up our life and hand it over to God is huge. But it is also a relief. Anxiety and fear, pain and terror are gone. Probably because, in many ways, we don’t know where we are going or how we are getting there. In a word, He Does.

This past Sunday we jumped, head first into the Joy of realizing that everything will ultimately be okay as we leave our fears behind. It may not be this afternoon, or this week, but ultimately. After all, aren’t we walking towards the manger? It almost, yes, almost gives us the impression that Joy is the jumping off point into a new feeling of knowing this life in Christ is so amazing.  How quickly we arrived at this point.

Maybe, we need this moment to go back and find out if we really know what each one means to us, to me individually. Making sure we know and believe all these things about Christmas to tell us we are ready as we should be when we stand over the manger, and look down into the eyes of our Lord & Saviour.

Whether or not we are ready, next week we will experience the Love of God as we gather around the manger. He came to give all these feelings, these words a significant place in our lives. God sent His Son knowing He would die for our sins. Take time this Christmas to attend worship and Thank Him for the gift of forgiveness through His Son – the Christ Child.

Merry Christmas  

Rob