What does God want for Christmas?

What does God want for Christmas?

Me.  You.  Our devotion.  Our praise.  Purposeful conversation.

I've said for years that the "reason for the season is Jesus" and that's correct.  But in another sense, "the reason for the season is you and me."  Jesus, the son of God becoming a son of man so that we who are sons of men might become sons of God.

Immanuel - God with us.

Died for us and rose again that we might have a relationship with Him.

God, more than anything else this week, desires that we commit (or recommit) our lives to Christ.

And converse with Him.

I was reading today of a little boy who knelt at his bed and said his bedtime prayers.

He prayed, "Lord, please bless Mommy, and daddy, and brother and sister.  And Lord, please give us a good day tomorrow.  And please give me a bicycle for CHRISTMAAAAAAS!"

The boy's mother heard him yelling and wondered what was going on.  She walked into her son's bedroom and said quietly, "Son, you don't have to scream and yell, God can hear you."

The boy looked up with his big brown eyes and said, "but Mom, I know God can hear me, but Grandma can't hear very well, and she's down the hall!"

What God desires from us this Christmas is a quiet, meaningful conversation with Him.

I would encourage all of us to slow down for just a few moments each day until Christmas Day, and share with the Father of how much we love him.

And God will be blessed.  And God will smile.  And God will be pleased.

Merry Christmas to everyone.  Debbie and I love you all - very much!