God's Gift

With Christmas being only 3 days away I sit here amazed once again at the gift that God gave. To give us freedom from sin is amazing, but to give us that freedom by asking His Son to take our place is mind boggling. Would I be willing to give up my own son to save another person? I'm pretty positive that the answer is no. Yet, God more than willingly did this very thing for the whole world.

Amazingly, some people aren't willing to accept this gift because of the sacrifices that are required of us. We are required to put Jesus first (admit that we are can't do it by ourselves), think of others next (put others needs above our own), and give up our own selfish desires and, even at times, needs (become more like Christ). This gift is totally free because we do not have to come to God clean. The reason for the gift is to cleanse us from our sins. Yet, if we aren't willing to admit that we are sinners than God can not give us the gift that He so willingly wants to give us.

As we celebrate Jesus' gift to us, please thing about your own willingness to give Jesus a gift. Let your gift to Him be a willingness to accept His gift of eternal life by admitting you are a sinner, then ask Him to forgive you and come into your heart to cleanse it. Jesus has already offered the gift, all we have to do is accept it.

God Blesses

I just want to give thank to God for His blessing and faithfulness even when we do not deserve them.

Last week my husband came home after meeting with his boss and informed me that he was getting a substantial pay raise. This raise is retroactive which means that they are paying him the difference of the wages that he has already been paid and the raise. Another blessing is that he will be receiving this amount in a separate check from his normal paycheck and he should be receiving it this week. While I don't know what the actual difference between the two is, I am bless because we can use this extra money during this time of year when there are two weeks of no school, no work for us.

Again, thank you Jesus for your many blessings. Not just financial and physical blessing but the greatest blessing of all, your coming to earth as a baby and dying so that we may have life.