Keep Christ in Christmas


The ghost of Christmas past draws near to Ebenezer Scrooge in a blinding light. 

"The light...it hurts my eyes...it blinds me," 

The ghost says, "Its the light of thankfulness and gratitude".

"I've never seen it before..."

"Of course not," she says, "it's men like you that have long forgotten gratitude..."

The Psalmist says, " Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. ps.72

Some have long forgotten gratitude, peace, and goodwill. But...God has the unique ability to reveal His glory when and how He chooses just like in Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol".

You can take His name out of school, government, hospitals, and even Christmas, but you can't remove His glory from the earth. Keeping Christ in Christmas is a worthy endeavor, but far more important and even crucial is that you and I keep Him in our hearts.  

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of
 the glory of God in the face of Christ. 

Emmanuel is with us and He continues to make His dwelling in the souls of mankind. It is a beautiful thing to see some one who has the light of His radiance "dawn" in their heart...once in darkness, but now...transformed into children of light. Victoria, from our LIFE group, witnessed this while working at pennies from heaven. She is still talking about the thrill of sharing the "good news" and seeing a young person receive Christ. 

A great word of prophecy for our day is found in Isaiah 62:2, The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

The LORD Christ is that name...He is the hope of glory!
Rejoice, Rejoice...Emmanuel. 

Merry Christmas
John, Angie & Dr. Stone
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