It is Christmas Eve. Soon children will open their presents. It is the celebration of the Saviour's birth. He came bearing gifts for us all in his Creation. This Christmas I would like to reflect on one special gift in particular. The gift of Hope...
The birth of Jesus means the hope of forgiveness to many. Forgiveness for wrongs committed or righteousness not shown in one's interactions whether personal or business. Not just once. Not just for one offence. Instead forgiveness for one's lifetime of failure to do the right thing, as many times as that amounts...
Jesus is the birth of hope in an eternal life after the end of our mortal human life. Dead and buried need not be the end of the story. We may hope in a resurrection after death because of Jesus. If you can believe he raised people from death back to life while incarnate or that he even came back from a brutal death on a cross himself...
Jesus' birth is the birth of hope there is a God who cares for us. A God who loves us. A God who wants us to live forever with him in Heaven. A God that created the Earth and everything and still values our lives as sons and daughters.
Jesus came bearing gifts. Hope is but one of them. Let us remember as we exchange our Christmas gifts why we do so and the great hope Jesus birth brings. Two thousand plus years later Jesus gives us hope every year to reflect on that it is not a godless universe but the creation of a loving Heavenly Father God. Merry Christmas everyone.
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