Yesterday, I taught Sunday School. I teach two groups. First the older ones – 3 and 4′s. Then I teach the 2 year olds. They are SO small. Sometimes I wonder how much they really take in. But they are so sweet. I love them so much. As they entered the classroom I greeted them like I always do. You have to be very energetic from the very moment they enter to the moment that they leave to keep their attention. Sometimes they will all run up to me and give me hugs. I love it when they do that. So cute. Some Sunday’s I am flooded with so many hugs from them all at one time they they almost push me backward!!!

Yesterday I was teaching about the good news that there would be a baby born to Mary. Mary running to tell Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s baby jumping for joy in her womb. I gathered all the kids together at the end of the lesson and asked them what the real meaning of Christmas was. I asked them if it was about Santa and reindeer? Some said yes some screamed “Jesus”! I gathered them around the nativity scene we have posted on the wall in the classroom. I pointed to the different things on the wall and asked them “Who is this?… and who is this?” They usually always say “Jesus!!” no matter what I ask! I point to a sheep it’s Jesus! I love them. I pointed to Mary and asked “Who is this?” One little guy named Thomas yelled out “Mama!!

I am amazed and taught every Sunday by their small, yet profound, faith in God. They believe and they have faith. I wish my faith was so simple and so complete. No questions asked. Just Faith. Just trust.

The evening service we had a beautiful drama unfold before us. Beautiful. As I watched the Wise Men come and Mary and Joseph adore Baby Jesus.. my heart was so full of love for that Child… who became a Man… who changed the entire course of history.

As I think about Him I want my life to be wrapped up in loving, serving and knowing Him. As I reflect on the things He has done for me I in turn want to lift up my hands to Him and say take me I am fully and completely yours! I hope that as we reflect on His birth as we think about His coming to earth…. we think about what He wanted when He came. He came for us so that He could bring us Life. What an awesome, loving, self-sacrificing Man?

Whatever we do today and during the last few days until Christmas I hope that we will understand the real meaning of Christmas. I hope that we will understand He came because He wanted a relationship with us. He bridged the huge gap… because He loved us so much! I hope that we will build, build, build a strong living beating relationship with our Father. That’s what He wants most from you.

How do we DO this? I believe that we look into the stable… we look at the Baby. Gather around the Baby. Just look at His Life. In Sunday school we gathered around the Baby. In church and in the Christmas play we gathered around the Baby. Have you? I believe that when we look at Him our lives, our faces will reflect His beauty and glory and Life and we can’t help but be changed.

“In His Name all oppression shall cease”

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