One way you can spell “Christmas”… You can spell it L-O-V-E!!! (And this Christmas I’m going to revel in that spelling during the rest of this Christmas season)!!!
Here’s the passage that impacted me today during my time of “Coffee with the Lord” in that regard…
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that THE FATHER HAS SENT HIS SON TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.” (From 1 John 4:7–14 ESV)
Now first off… CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT GOD LOVING US SO MUCH THAT HE SENT HIS JESUS from heaven’s glories to the squalor and sin of earth… He lived among without sin, demonstrated His Kingdom power and love among us in miraculous acts, taught Kingdom principles to His followers, and suffered and died for our sins – on our behalf – to redeem us, save us and transform our lives! His gift as a result of that sacrifice? Then he rose again to give us eternal life!!
YOU CAN SPELL “CHRISTMAS” … L-O-V-E!! That why I’d just love to have a pic/painting with the manger scene in the foreground, Golgotha and the cross in the background, and behind that the empty tomb… anyone know if such a pic/painting exists? If an artist/or graphic person has never done one… It’s time!! I might call it… “CHRISTMAS IN PERSPECTIVE” or “Christmas Spelled L-O-V-E!”
And as 1 John 4.7-12 goes on to emphasize… Why don’t we celebrate His coming this year BY LOVING ONE ANOTHER – LOVING OTHERS – AS HE LOVED US? … Self-sacrificially, generously, and unconditionally!!! “CHRISTMAS SPELLED L-O-V-E!”
Coffee With The Lord 