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The Gift of Christmas

5 December 2018

Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash
Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash

The Gift of Christmas

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. I love the decorations and lights, the delicious food and creative flair, the friends and family we can share it with. I love the generosity of our churches and our community, I love the way I see people being accepted and served. I love the reminder that all of this is because of a tiny little baby that was born, “God with skin on”, who came to dwell here on earth with his people, to redeem us and adopt us into his family. What a gift! Christmas gives us the opportunity to share this gift with our family, friends and community!

Christmas often draws out the best of humankind and I get this little glimmer of the way God created us to be with him and in community. The joy experienced by children & the excitement and glimmer in their eye as they anticipate Christmas morning challenges me about the level of joy and excitement I have over the gift of Jesus. Will others see what an amazing gift Jesus is? What an amazing gift salvation is? The love, hope, peace and freedom that is mine because of this gift? 

I’m challenged, how can I better share the love, hope, peace and freedom with those around me this year? My neighbours, school mums, friends, colleagues, kids friends… Church, what’s God asking you to do? Who is he asking you to share the Gift of Christmas with?

May God - Immanuel - be with you as you do this Christmas!

Rebecca Gott

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