This I Know to Be True

Gifts and shopping, parties and celebrations, wonderful food and sugary goodness, glitz and glitter, stress and pressure, Ho! Ho! Ho! and Old Saint Nick, sleigh bells and church bells, snow men and reindeer...

And the REAL reason for the season...Our Savior Jesus Christ. A tiny babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger, because there was no room for Him at the Inn.

Oh how I adore Him! How sweet and humble, and incredibly wondrous...the most important event in the history of the world. A beautiful, perfect baby boy who would grow up to be my only hope for eternal salvation.

How grateful I am that He lives! I have felt His love and experienced His grace. In two thousand plus years, no one has had a greater impact on my life. Because of Him, I have hope for eternal happiness and peace. Because of Him, my heart is full of hope and faith and trust. He is my light, my hero, my greatest ally, my friend. How grateful I am to know Him and to love Him. He is the reason I rejoice during this wonderful Christmas season. May His love and grace, His friendship and example, be recognized in each of your lives today, tomorrow and every day the whole year through. For without Him...we are nothing.