Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas Everyone

Oswald Chambers wrote in My Utmost for His Highest for Dec. 25: His Birth and our New Birth

"'Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name "Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us"'"(Matthew 1:23).

"His Birth in History. 'That Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God' (Luke 1:35). Jesus Christ was born into this world, not from it. He did not emerge out of history; He came into history from the outside.

"Jesus Christ is not the best human being the human race can boast of — He is a Being for whom the human race can take no credit at all. He is not man becoming God, but God Incarnate — God coming into human flesh from outside it. His life is the highest and the holiest entering through the most humble of doors. Our Lord's birth was an advent — the appearance of God in human form.

"His Birth in Me. 'My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you …' (Galatians 4:19). Just as our Lord came into human history from outside it, He must also come into me from outside. Have I allowed my personal human life to become a 'Bethlehem' for the Son of God? I cannot enter the realm of the kingdom of God unless I am born again from above by a birth totally unlike physical birth.

"'You must be born again' (John 3:7). This is not a command, but a fact based on the authority of God. The evidence of the new birth is that I yield myself so completely to God that 'Christ is formed' in me. And once 'Christ is formed' in me, His nature immediately begins to work through me.

"God Evident in the Flesh. This is what is made so profoundly possible for you and for me through the redemption of man by Jesus Christ."

Oswald Chambers also wrote:

"The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.

"Let's bless Jesus Christ this Christmas and in the coming year by surrendering our lives fully to Him and acknowledging that the most important time of every day is the time we spend with Him."


God Bless you all on this very important day.

Peace.

Jason

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Quick post




These pictures are about a year apart, the bottom picture was taken a few days ago. Do you think she has grown a bit? Yeah, me too.