Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Christmas is About Being with the Ones You Love (Advent Day 24)
I haven't seen my sister and brother-in-law since August of 2018. Right now they are tucked into a hotel somewhere along the Trans Canada Highway. They have just survived their second-busiest week of the year, and as soon as they locked up shop, they got in the car to drive here. They could have stayed home. Mom would have cooked them a delicious Christmas dinner, complete with homemade cinnamon rolls for dessert. They could have slipped into their own bed and slept until they were rested. They could have been opening presents under their own beautiful tree tomorrow.
But they're not.
They're racing through the dark and snow, tired eyes forward, to come and be with us.
Because Christmas is about being with the ones you love.
It's about being with the ones you love.
(It's no surprise. I've sung this song all month long.)
Jesus did it first. He came all this way. Because the love of his life turns out to be ... us. And He came an unfathomable distance to spend Christmas with us.
Immanuel. God with us.
And I am telling you this in full confidence that even if you are utterly, entirely alone, you are not alone. Even if no arms hold you tight, you are held tight. Even if you see no gifts, and no tree, He is your gift, and He stretched out and died on a tree to bring you home.
We are so loved.
So very loved.
The waiting is over. He came.
Merry Christmas, friends.
xo.
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