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Advent Reading/Candle Lighting
Hello
I am Mary
At Christmas time, you hear a lot about me and Joseph
We didn’t plan to be special at Christmas
It just happened
Or perhaps I should say God had better plans than ours
God’s plans and vision for us was far bigger than what we thought was possible
Like many other people
Joseph and I had plans to be married
Our parents had arranged it
We were in love
We had planned to raise children
And for Joseph to go about building houses and other things
But then it happened, our plans were changed
An angel appeared to me and said I was going to have a baby
But not just any old baby
I was going to give birth to the Son of God
And His name would be called Jesus
And I discovered that Joseph wouldn’t be the father
Now for a moment I thought how could this be?
I am going to get married to Joseph
But then I remembered the teachings from my father and his father that with God anything is possible
And I mean anything!!!!
I was worried Joseph would not want anything to do with me or the baby
But he stuck around
He helped when things were tough
He loved both of us
But God’s surprises didn’t stop there
Even today he surprises us
He surprises us a lot with His love
As you open up your presents this Christmas
Remember that God brings you surprises
And this can be clearly seen when I look at the life, death and then life again of Jesus
Jesus showed people that God was loving
Jesus was a special child
He really loved people
He wanted everyone to receive the benefits of heaven
He dearly wanted many people to love God and love others as they loved themselves
And no matter what people did
He still kept on loving them, not only saying it but also showing it
He would still talk to them, help them, heal them and respect them
Jesus is a wonderful gift that God gave not only me
But also you, and you and you
Because as I discovered sometime later
The reason Jesus came to the world as a little baby was to show that God is love
And as he grew up God’s love could be seen in many different ways
You can still see this love as you read the pages of scripture,
Like the Gospel of Luke, why not plan to do this over the next year??
And as you do you will discover that Jesus came to do something very special
To pay the price so we could be free to be with Him and other Christians in heaven
This is how much God loves you
Over the last three weeks we have discovered that Christmas is about
God bringing us hope
God bringing us peace
God bringing us joy
And this week we have discovered that God bring us true love…
So along with the candles of hope, peace and joy let’s light the candle of love.
Last Week...
Well maybe y’all can fill me in what happened last week.
I have to tell you that I don’t have many quick memories of the last week.
About every three years or so I get really sick like this.
It was not CoVid.
I tested and I was negative.
There was one advantage to us being locked down for the better parts of 2 years.
There was not much opportunity for cold and flu viruses to attack.
I have reviewed the message last week and I don’t think that I lead anyone astray.
I was really struck as I re-read the message.
Waiting...
You know we wait and wait our lives are very involved in WAITING!
From the practical side we wait for
the mail
our computers
our children or our parents
we wait for UPS, Fed-EX, Amazon.
For the light to turn green
To get paid..
Al of these things while there are happening can be irritating, frustrating, happy or sad.
We wait because of this thing that we never have enough of… Time!
From a scriptural point-of-view...
The Jews in some form or the other had waited for redemption, waited for salvation as a nation for 4000+ years.
They waited for a King… They couldn’t accept a baby in a manger, a carpenter, a Servant Savior.
And in most cases they continue to “wait” failing to recognize the gift that is in front of them.
The Messiah, The Christ.
Let me ask a question… I don’t know your circumstances but here is the question.
Are you still waiting expectantly for Jesus?
Do you hear Him calling?
Is He gently tapping on the shoulder asking you to commit your life to growth and service.
I have no doubt if you have committed your life to Christ that you have a place in Heaven.
That is guaranteed!
What I am waiting for, what He is waiting for is this
IF you are a believer you are a “friend” of Christ and your Joy is complete!
Are we waiting and listening carefully for his voice?
Are we acting on that voice when we hear it?
Do we live our lives in service and think that’s enough?
Do we cover the real meaning of the Birth of Christ with Christmas gifts and celebrations to the extent that we forget that this season is about Him.
From Romans 8.
As we wait patiently for what is ahead and do not focus for what is behind...
But if we HOPE.
In this waiting that He will refine us.
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