(Just remember this post was originally written on February 24, 2017.)
Father, thank You for the wake-up call. Your love for me is amazing! I am so undeserving, but You love me anyway… I pray that I can love You back today. May my life reflect that love to You and to everyone that crosses my path. Amen.
Lord, of all things, Christmas has been on my mind. I know we are only a couple of months out from the day we celebrate Your birth, but… Now I’m not thinking about gifts, or decorations, or music, or anything like that, but what’s been occupying my mind is the fact that we don’t give You the praise You rightly deserve.
My birthday was last month, and I received cards and well-wishes from lots of people. I was given several nice gifts and several special meals. People expressed their love for me in many ways. I had a very nice birthday. But…what if on my birthday, I had been for the most part ignored? What if people had referred to me but didn’t really speak to me, or didn’t want to spend time with me? What if gifts had been given, but not to me, but only to each other, with very little thought of me whatsoever? What if lavish meals had been prepared and extravagant parties had been thrown, but I had been left off the guest list? Woohoo, Happy Birthday to me! Right? WRONG! That would have been absolutely, positively awful! The worst birthday ever!
But isn’t that what we do every year to You? I realize that many of us strive to give You the love You so rightly deserve, acknowledging Your birth, but also Your life and the sacrifice You made for us in giving of Yourself – taking upon Yourself the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
Even with those acknowledgments, we fail You. We think of ourselves way more than we think of You. You deserve our love and adoration – our worship – not just at the time of Your birth but with every breath we take. It is all a gift from You.
And now, two months out, we’re still doing the same thing. We thought of you some then, but is it any better now? Lord, help me to praise You today by living my life for You. May I honor our relationship by loving others as You love me. May I give of myself to those around me as You gave of Yourself to me. Amen…
(Feb. 24th, 2017, Fri, 5:18 am)
Nov 23rd, 2025, Sun, 7:34 pm
