In all of the celebration I don't ever want to forget what it is that I'm celebrating. Each year I when I think of the Christmas story my mother's heart goes to Mary. I can't imagine the tidal wave of emotions she must have went through. Her expectations surely must have been different than the way her life turned out. I also think of Joseph and the battle that must have risen in him whenever doubt plagued his mind. I think of those things each year.
This year, though, I couldn't get the shepherds out of my mind. How do you suppose their lives were changed after an angel encounter and hearing the perplexing truth that the Messiah was born in a stable. They actually witnessed the scene, and after it was all over, what then? Did they go away different? Did it change the course of their lives? Were they still alive when Jesus started His ministry thirty years later? I really wish I knew.
What of us? We read the story and sing the carols, but have we truly been changed by that long ago birth, life, death, and resurrection? Some people see it only as a sweet Christmas story, part of a tradition of Christmas. Oh, I hope it is more than that to you! It is the truth that rocked the world then, and it still does today. God's only Son sent to live a perfect life and willingly lay it down in order to pay the price for the sin of mankind. We owe Him everything!
The wonder of Christmas is that we can all be changed, made new, born again. So we can celebrate that all year long! Merry Christmas!
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We will all three be giggling all night, right??? I doubt we mentioned it. I guess we just assumed you knew. Yes, those are Megan's three oldest girls. It's an old picture, and I need to update it to one with ALL of my grandkids, but this picture just sort of embodies what I want my blog to be about, just a homebody doing homey type things with family. Now go back a few post and you'll see Megan and her hubby in the Christmas parade. Your going to keep going back and laughing when you see all of the pictures now that you know who they are. Megan will have to fess up that she is the famous or infamous Okra Whipper's daughter! I'll be laughing all night!
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