Jesus is the Reason for the season
Whew! Thanksgiving is now over! Where has the fall gone? Spent the last two months running to Doctors and physical therapy. Now, ready for Christmas. Every year I try to simplify all the business that Christmas intails so this year, I think I will cancel all the decoration stuff and go to our daughters for Christmas. What a treat that will be, Haven't spent this holiday with her in many years.
You might want to give some thought to what you can do to cut down on your hectic schedule to make more time for looking around and living in the moment. Give yourself permission to sit back and relax, think about the reason for the season. What are you doing to increase your awareness of God's great gift to us in Jesus. As you buy all those gifts that you can't afford remember His gift to us is free. All He wants from us is our hearts. If your spiritual life has been drifting lately, take this time to renew your committment and relationship with Him. This brief meditation from Henri Nouwen, one of my favorites. " Life is a God-given opportunity to become who we are, to affirm our own true spiritual nature, claim our truth, appropriate and intergrate the reality of our being, but most of all, to say YES to the one who calls us the Beloved. The unfathomable mystery of God is that God is a lover who wants to be loved. The spiritual life is to say Yes to our inner truth. The one who created us is waiting for our response to the love that gave us being." On my spiritual journey over the years I discovered that only God can meet the deepest needs of our hearts. When I am trying to live in His perfect will for my lifeI am filled with His peace. His peace is the peace that the world can't supply. In the midst of Goverments and countries and individuals in financial crisis,
I wish you His peace this Christmas.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty savior, He will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in His love; He will sing joufully because of you.
Zephaniah 3:17
You might want to give some thought to what you can do to cut down on your hectic schedule to make more time for looking around and living in the moment. Give yourself permission to sit back and relax, think about the reason for the season. What are you doing to increase your awareness of God's great gift to us in Jesus. As you buy all those gifts that you can't afford remember His gift to us is free. All He wants from us is our hearts. If your spiritual life has been drifting lately, take this time to renew your committment and relationship with Him. This brief meditation from Henri Nouwen, one of my favorites. " Life is a God-given opportunity to become who we are, to affirm our own true spiritual nature, claim our truth, appropriate and intergrate the reality of our being, but most of all, to say YES to the one who calls us the Beloved. The unfathomable mystery of God is that God is a lover who wants to be loved. The spiritual life is to say Yes to our inner truth. The one who created us is waiting for our response to the love that gave us being." On my spiritual journey over the years I discovered that only God can meet the deepest needs of our hearts. When I am trying to live in His perfect will for my lifeI am filled with His peace. His peace is the peace that the world can't supply. In the midst of Goverments and countries and individuals in financial crisis,
I wish you His peace this Christmas.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty savior, He will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in His love; He will sing joufully because of you. Zephaniah 3:17
posted by Eden @ 10:27 AM
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