Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
We often sing these words at this time of year, I would like to take time to reflect on what this actually means. And how the reality of the joy of knowing Jesus can dramatically change the direction of your life.
It's my turn (Ruth) to set the theme this week, we're slowly getting back into a routine after the birth of our daughter Mae.
I have recently been introduced to the Christian speaker Louie Giglio. If you search for him on Youtube you will find clips. One of his talks is headed Indescribable, he goes into great detail about the Universe, our Galaxy and the size of the stars. They are inspirational messages, that have made me appreciate how great and awesome God is, indeed how indescribable he is. It has reminded me of the humility of Jesus - God's son, in taking on humanity - being human.
The even more amazing thing is, he take on 'being human' for a holiday, or for the 'experience' - he did it for a purpose. He had to become human in order to pay for the punishment we deserve for the things we do that we shouldn't, and the things we don't do that we should.
Although Christmas isn't a day we are told to celebrate in the Bible, it is a time where we as Christians can stop and ponder and be thankful to God that he came in flesh all those years ago. A time to be truly JOYFUL for JESUS.
Have a blessed and peaceful Christmas, from everyone on the Salt team.
It's my turn (Ruth) to set the theme this week, we're slowly getting back into a routine after the birth of our daughter Mae.
I have recently been introduced to the Christian speaker Louie Giglio. If you search for him on Youtube you will find clips. One of his talks is headed Indescribable, he goes into great detail about the Universe, our Galaxy and the size of the stars. They are inspirational messages, that have made me appreciate how great and awesome God is, indeed how indescribable he is. It has reminded me of the humility of Jesus - God's son, in taking on humanity - being human.
The even more amazing thing is, he take on 'being human' for a holiday, or for the 'experience' - he did it for a purpose. He had to become human in order to pay for the punishment we deserve for the things we do that we shouldn't, and the things we don't do that we should.
Although Christmas isn't a day we are told to celebrate in the Bible, it is a time where we as Christians can stop and ponder and be thankful to God that he came in flesh all those years ago. A time to be truly JOYFUL for JESUS.
Have a blessed and peaceful Christmas, from everyone on the Salt team.
Pauline
Kim
Julie
2 comments:
I cannot believe it happened, but it did ... I totally neglected this favorite site of mine ... I had two opportunities to sell my cards come up in August, one specifically looking for foreign-language cards, which meant lots of research (just definitions is not enough; different ways of saying things, cultural issues, etc, etc, make it quite the job!)
Anyway, so nice that one of my most favorite topics, and subjects for stamping, Joy, happens to be the first challenge I come back for. Oh, happy day! I'll do a card this coming week.... so nice to be back!
Oh, wow, is this a weekly challenge now? I missed that! Oh well, here's my joy:
http://encouragingimpressions.blogspot.com/2010/01/salt-challenge-joy.html
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