Isaiah 65:17-18
17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.
Most of my Christmases have been a strange mix of fun and trying not to think about Christmas being over. Christmas is supposed to be more than the sum of its parts. Yes, Christmas gives you a relief from work with good food, presents, and family time, but it’s also supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year”. I have faced an annual fight with dissatisfaction in the most wonderful time and with looming darkness of whatever comes after Christmas.
That’s why I have to put my eyes on Jesus. Christmas is absolutely fantastic because Jesus’ birth was the true beginning of the new heavens and new earth God has promised us. Jesus is the Way to that blissful place where our wickedness and the wickedness that has happened to us will happen no more, not even to be remembered. He has come and Christmas can now be a preview rather than a pinnacle. Feel that thrill of Hope as we rejoice in Jesus! Merry Christmas!
Prayer prompt: Lord, thank You for the way Christmas can show me how to hope in Your Kingdom.
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