Imagine seeing the most expensive,
beautiful,
and useful gift beneath the tree at Christmastime
and giving it only a cursory glance,
acknowledging it’s presence, but never claiming it as yours,
and, therefore never realizing, experientially, all that that gift was intended to be!

Christmas is a time of connection.
Before Christmas, God was Creator.
There was a vertical relationship: Creator to His creation.

When Jesus came to earth, God connected with man in a different way.
In His infancy, He was dependent upon His earthly parents.
As He grew up,
He was subject to limitations not experienced in the heavenly realm,
and experienced the selfishness of humanity that led to His crucifixion.

That connection was essential – both necessary and sufficient –
for us to experience a restored relationship with God.
It is that connection that Christmas is all about.
Celebrate God’s connection with men, via Jesus Christ.
Know that Christmas is far, far more than any material gift man can give.
The price of God’s Gift of life was the death of His Son, Jesus!
Without accepting and embracing that Gift, Jesus,
and the forgiveness of sin freely given those who seek it,
none of us can enjoy the full expression of God’s love,
an eternal connection with the Creator and Redeemer!

My prayer for you is this: that you know JESUS, the One whose birth is celebrated at Christmastime, and that you revel in all that the gift of His life means.