The Hope of Christmas - is more than the event, more than that number on a calendar, more than the date. IT is more than presents, or family, or the time spent together.
Indeed, the hope of Christmas is the existance of Christmas itself.
Regardless of the suggested methods of the day's naming and occurance, the name alone represents the day as a day to remember - the day of Christ's birth.
This hope, the hope found only in Christmas, is not simply the feeling of goosebumps as the day draws near, nor the excitememnt of a celebration.
In fact, God recently showed to me the true hope of Christmas.
"It is finished.
It was finished long before you were born."
Ponder on that a while. Ponder on the fact that, without Christmas, there would be no child Jesus, no saviour, no redemption from hell. No escape, no rescue,
No Hope.
Without that hope, all would be lost. Keep that in mind these holidays - this Christmas - and many more to come. Without Jesus, our saviour, all would be lost, and there would be no reason to hope. No future for anyone. And nothing more than death.
What an amazing God we have.
Ponder on that.
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