19 December 2017

The Promises of Christmas ~ Love

Happy Christmas Dear Reader,

As we are in the last week before Christmas we must address the dearest promise of all that Christmas offers.  It is love.  It is pure unselfish love.  It is a promise that we are loved without condition or expectation.

The story is so very simple.  A Father who loves his only natural Son knows that his Son is the only way to save his other children.  He and the Son agree that this must be the plan. 

It is love that drives the two to be parted for the first time.  It is their love for all humans that causes the Son to become human.  It is love that chooses a simple life and trade.  It is love that takes on the teaching of the Gospel.  It is love has the Son endure the cross.  The cross satisfies justice, righteousness, and judgment for the sake of love. 

Over the centuries we have foolishly add so much meaningless baggage to the story.  We have let our baubles and trinkets hide the stable and the love.  We have forgotten that men put the all the added weight onto Christmas. 

The promise of Christmas is that the Father LOVES us.  He wishes for us to love each other.  His Son loves us and was born to make a way for us to reconnect to the Father.  The love of God is a Christmas promise that is kept every day if we will but see it.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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