What Christmas Means to Me

Every year Christmas comes and goes with great gifts, family time and lots of food, but I must say this year it is different. I'm not sure if it is the birth of my son or just part of my maturity as a person and as a disciple. This year Jesus is not just a part of Christmas...He IS Christmas to me! I have found my heart more joyful and more at peace...more thoughtful of those around me and more eager to show love. I have also thanked God more than ever before for the price he paid. I realize how great his love has to be to be willing to make such a sacrafice for us knowing most would likely never find the value in it. I have read scriptures like...
Romans 5:6-8 "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
and
Ephesians 2: 4-5 "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved."
...and they have never meant what they mean to me today. That God would choose to live on earth with all of the sufferings that may and did entail is beyond my comprehension. That IS true love.
I am amazed again that he loves me like he does! Wow!!