Thankful this Christmas morning that my God would show me the extent of His love. Thankful that He would show me the extent to which this world had wandered from Him, rebellious and selfish humanity determined to have its own way and to be the master of its own destiny.
What kind of love is this that God, the great and wonderful Creator and Sustainer of the universe would humble Himself, would take on the flesh of a baby, small and vulnerable, helpless and needing a human parent to provide for Him so that I would know the reality of His love for me. But more, so that I would know what humility is - that my God would actually show me humility so that I would understand how to lay aside self, how to surrender my all to the One who surrendered all for me.
I am so full of love this morning, for my Saviour and for the family that He has blessed me with. I am so grateful that I know how to love them because He has first loved me, so grateful that He has shown me how to live and how to be and how to love - and so so thankful that I will live with Him for eternity, the One who was and who is and who is to come - the King of kings and Lord of lords, Immanuel, God with us.
