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| Madonna & Child by Tim Ashkar |
I have been reading lately that if one has set a goal then
one needs to do something, one small something, each and every day to move
closer to that goal. Lord, what can I do today?
I am cheerful. I am rested. I feel physically good. I am inspired and
full of Christmas wonder at your birth into the world.
What can I do in celebration of my own life? As I celebrate you, Lord, I am reminded that
you have kept me all of this time because you love me and you have anointed me
with purpose. Of these things I am grateful and find great cause for
celebration.
I am so blessed by everything that I have been given. This has been a phenomenal year. The enemy of my soul would hav me believe
that it wasn’t and that God has done nothing for me and has forgotten about
me. The devil is still a liar. I may
have gone through 2 raggedy cars but I promise you there is something better
and lasting and greater on the horizon.
Why? Because my daddy said so. I
still don’t know how He is going to do it but, Lord-a-mercy, I know that He is
going to. Even if He doesn’t, I know that He is able! My God, has not left me in
the dark. He has indeed brought me into
his marvelous light through a great love that He has for me.
I must be
something special. There must be a divine purpose still on my life because I am still
here. I can still get from point A to
point B. I still have courage and I
still have the determination to do great things in the Kingdom. There are times lately that I have honestly felt that I am having
some kind of writer’s block. That is a lie of the devil, too. What the Lord wants me to write is right here
at my fingertips. The words flow and somebody is listening to ‘thus sayeth the
Lord’! I am grateful that I am God’s
instrument to bring something into the world, to contribute to the betterment
of the world. Somebody needs to know.
I used to wonder why it is that I never had children. Well, at this late date of my life it is all
making sense to me. With each thing that I write and everything I do in the
Kingdom is indeed like giving birth to yet more life. Yep, somebody, like I said many years ago,
needs to know. I have known for a long
time that this is my purpose and I am glad about it. I am reveling in it. I honored that I am loved so greatly as to be
given this assignment and I do not take any assignment lightly.
This is such a brilliant and brightly colored time of
year….time of my life. I love Christmas and I love me. For so long I have waited for somebody to
give ‘it’ to me. By ‘it’ I mean to give
me permission to do this. What are you
waiting for, my friend? The only
permission you need is God’s permission.
Stop listening to the enemy. He
is whispering that you don’t have purpose, remember? He is still a liar! Thank you, Lord. Every time
I pray, Lord show me….yes, yes, He shows me.
I believe that we all battle with doubt at one time or
another. Sometimes that doubt can flood
over us for only a few short days. At other times it can last for days, weeks
or maybe years. It is time to mature
enough to look the devil in the eye and walk right past him proclaiming God as
the author and finisher of your faith. Proclaim that our risen Savior got up
out of the grave. He is the one that healed the sick including you, caused the
blind to see, even you and raised the dead even your sin sick soul that was
once dead to righteousness and is now dead to sin. What would happen if you prayed to the God of
our salvation and asked for new eyes to see his grace, new heart to feel his
mercy and new hands to lift in total praise?
Need a refreshing? Ask for it,
for our heavenly Father withholds nothing from His children.
So where am I at this Christmas? What am I feeling? This really isn’t much different than in time
past. I don’t have children to dote on
me this holiday – to invite me over for Christmas supper and lay presents at my
feet. Never did. But I do have the ability to make a Christmas
for myself. I am ever mindful of who fills all spaces and that the holes that
the enemy would have me believe cannot be filled are full of the Lord’s light
and a love that is deeper and longer lasting than any family can give. I have
choice. I can choose to listen to those
negative whispers or I can choose to rejoice at the birth of our new born King!
My God, what I have is so much more fulfilling than anything that our world could
ever fill me with. I get it!
Because I know this, it does make me feel a little sad for
the folks that do not have this revelation.
Question of the hour…how are people making it without knowledge of the
Lord? The answer is they are not making it… they are faking it. How many people do we know, of every
background, culture and color that are buying all of the gifts and putting them
under the tree, fixing more food that humanly possible to enjoy yet are sitting
around with unresolved issues, secrets, mess, animosities under cover, darkness….
These are those that don’t get Christmas and its divine meaning.
Lord, I pray that you will open those doors for me to tell
somebody about what I know. I may not
know all there is in the Word of God but I do know that I am loved and cared
for by the Lamb of God. Everyday can bring unexpected surprises. Some good and some not so good. This is just the way of life. How I react to this is what really makes me
saved. Do I trust God? I mean do I really believe that He is in control? Do I
really know what it means when the Word says that He is all powerful, all
knowing, all caring? He will supply all
of my needs according to His riches in glory and according to the power that
works in me.
I have the power of the
blood of Jesus coursing through my veins.
The blood that He bled upon Calvary and on the cross is in me and all
over me. I walk in His grace and I have been washed clean by this very same
blood. I too, have to ask whoever thought I could walk this walk? Whoever thought I would be in love with the
Lord the way that I am in love with the Lord and know without a doubt that I am
loved in return? I love this time of my
life. I give you praise Lord. I give you
honor. I am still here celebrating yet another Christmas.
Earlier this morning I was reading something that said that
this is a perfect opportunity to spend time in the presence of the Lord. This
is time to ask the Lord to bring me closer to Him. Yes, this is true. I can feel His embrace right now as I write
this. I am so thrilled and blessed that
what is said is so very true: He will never leave you or forsake you. He is faithful even when I get wrapped up in
my own stinking thinking.
Walk with me Lord. The Lord loves to walk and talk to His
people. Remember how it says that in the
garden He walked with Adam in the cool of the day? He walked with Enoch, Moses, Abraham,
Jeremiah, Noah, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and all of His Apostles. God loves
to walk and talk with His people. Am I
any different? He is there to give me guidance and comfort and all of the love
that I will ever need.
Help me to spread good tidings and good cheer this holiday
season. I am full this very morning. I
feel his mercy and his grace bubbling up in me, flowing from eyes, quickening
my heart. I really could shout right
now. The Lord is just that good to
me. Help me Lord. Open a door this very
day. Perhaps let someone read this and be deeply touched because it comes from
your grace that these words have made it to paper. Somebody needs to know.
Christmas is indeed a special time of year. It has always signaled a new beginning to me
even before I was saved. Yes, Christmas
is a new start. The bible says about the
new birth – old things have passed away and we are new creatures. Time to thank God for new mercies and second,
third and umpteen hundreds of chances. What
a better time to do this than oat the celebration of His birth into humanity. The
joy within us that we are feeling is only because of his love and his
faithfulness. It starts at this time of the year. Christmas. The journey toward
the cross begins this day. The bible says that God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten son so that we may have life and life more abundantly.
If there was no birth there would be no crucifixion. There would be no blood to
wash us white as snow. We would still be under the law and would still rely on
a man to carry our sin beyond the veil in hopes that we would be forgiven. But Jesus.
He is our High Priest. He is our
mediator. We can come boldly to the throne
of grace and lay our cares at the alter to be dealt with by the only living God….Jesus. How can someone not find joy in this?
Christ is the Lord and I will forever praise him.
Amen.
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Debi Mason, Author
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