When an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, it was decreed by God the Father that His one and only Son shall be named Jesus. Commentators have defined the meaning of Jesus’ name as “Yahweh Saves, The Lord is Salvation or God Our Savior.”

Christmas is a time when we most commonly contemplate the precious Son of God, born to a virgin and placed in a lowly manger on that first Christmas morning. And at the same time, the beautiful manger scene was shadowed by the future for this Blessed Child, the future of the Old Rugged Cross. Yes, that little baby boy came for the sole purpose of laying down His life as God’s perfect sacrificial Lamb. He died on a cruel cross, was buried in a tomb and rose again to rescue, save and deliver us from our sin once and for all. The rest is up to us…whether we believe and welcome Him into our lives, or reject God’s blessed, perfect Gift.

I am not sure who will even read this or where you are on your spiritual journey, but I just need to say on this most blessed Christmas Day that I could not do this life on my own! I could never be good enough to convince God to let me into His perfect, holy presence, His glorious heaven. Truth is, I was a huge mess up…I’d made a disaster of my life, looking for love and fullness in all the wrong places…and that’s why when this message of God’s love (John 3:16), compassion, mercy and grace came to me at ‘this’ very time of year (many years ago), I gratefully accepted it! And since then, I have never been the same!

There is an unexplainable peace in knowing we have an Advocate before the Father…A Rescuer, Deliverer, A SAVIOR who is Christ our Lord! If you have Him in your life, you know exactly what I mean. If you do not, I pray you will consider welcoming Him into your heart and life this CHRISTmas Day! He is just one sincere, heartfelt prayer away… and I guarantee, you will never be the same! Let us all embrace God’s precious Son in the manger, on the cross, out of the tomb and into our hearts! And may you have the absolute Merriest Christmas ever! 🎄🙌🏻✝️❣️🥰

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” ~John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

© Celebrate His Love 2021

These words, spoken to Mary by the angel, bring to mind the Lyrics to “There’s Nothing that Our God Can’t Do” by Passion…

https://gospellyrics.net/passion-theres-nothing-that-our-god-cant-do/

His birth was prophesied for the first time in the Book of Genesis. God’s Son was always a part of His redemption plan. Before His birth, people had to believe in Him and that He would someday come to their rescue. We get the privilege, through God’s timeless Word, to know He did come, lived a perfect life, died a cruel death and rose again to rescue us from our sin. One day He will come again to take His children home. But we still need to believe it and welcome this beautiful Savior into our lives by faith to truly partake in the wonderful gift of Grace and Salvation that God meant for us to have from the very beginning. One thing that makes Christmas meaningful is to not only ponder the babe in the manger, but to also contemplate all He came to do for you and me. Hallelujah, what a Savior! 🙌🏻✝️❣️🥰🎄🙏🏻

We are encouraged to live at peace with everyone…that means in the workplace, family, neighborhood, etc. That word ‘everyone’ is a tough one to swallow at times, but I find so much comfort in the words “If it is possible” and “as far as it depends on you.” That tells me to do my very best…then give the ‘impossible’ to the LORD and trust Him for the miraculous! 🙌🏻✝️❣️😊