Let every heart prepare him room

As I enter the Christmas season I find that I am excited about a myriad of things. The cold weather (for a season!) the opportunity to bust out my super rad long wool church coat a la Jackie O, Christmas trees (only a real one will do!), caroling, hot chocolate (with marsh mellows!), Santa, his elves, the cheer that comes with giving, the anticipation that comes with receiving, running down the stairs on Christmas morning with family all around....and maybe if you're really lucky...

snow.

I LOVE snow. Perhaps it is because we don't ever get it really, in this part of the world. Snow in the deep south is not something seen often. Last year it snowed maybe an inch and we shut down the schools. Our excuse was the threat of ice but really no one wanted to work or learn when we could play in snow. It's that rare. I remember one year my brother and I built the biggest snowman ever! The bottom was reinforced with a steel rod and he was so fat we had to use fire logs for arms! That was a good year.

Of course the very best part is the true meaning of Christmas. God coming into this world was the best gift we ever got, and it just keeps on giving. My one true thought as I enter this awesome season is a line from the classic song, "Joy to the World" it says, "let every heart prepare him room" When Christ came to this earth there was no room for him in the inn. Mary and Joseph kept getting turned away until at last one innkeeper said he might could squeeze them in the stable. With the animals. How true of a reflection is that of society today? God is always knocking on the sinners door, asking to be let in, to be accepted into their life and time and again he is turned away, or perhaps accepted but only given the stable to live in. How many accept God, but then stick him in a corner and say, "let me handle this?" How many don't truly give him their whole hearts? God deserves everything we can possibly give to him. Our all.

There is another song that says, "all to Jesus I surrender, all to him I freely give, I will ever love and trust him, in his presence daily live." and that's the goal. To daily live at the feet of Jesus and try with all our mights to give our life in service to him. For after all, he did that for us and more.

I am blessed to have God in my heart, I am blessed to be apart of an amazing church, I am blessed to have an amazing family who is dedicated to God.

I am thankful for his birth this Christmas season.

What are you thankful for?