| Why does Max Lucado love Christmas? Because it's the perfect time to tell others about Jesus.   A note from author and pastor Max Lucado  Hi friends,
I love Christmas.
I love it because somewhere someone will ask the Christmas questions: What's the big deal about the baby in the manger?Who was he? What does his birth have to do with me?
The questioner may be a child looking at a front-yard crèche. He may be a soldier stationed far from home. She may be a young mom who, for the first time, holds a child on Christmas Eve. The Christmas season prompts questions....
I love the answers I have found.
Like this one: God knows what it is like to be a human.
When I talk to him about deadlines or long lines or tough times, He understands. He's been there. He's been here.
Because of Bethlehem, I have a friend in heaven. Because of Bethlehem, I have a Savior in heaven. Christmas begins what Easter celebrates. The child in the cradle became the King on the cross. And because he did, there are no marks on my record. Just grace...
Christmas, as my dad said, is about Christ.
Christ's name occupies six of the nine letters, for crying out loud. This isn't Santa-mas, or shopping-mas, or reindeer-mas. This is Christ-mas. And Christ-mas is not Christ-mas unless or until you receive the message of Bethlehem.
God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
Have you? In the hurry and scurry of the season, have you taken time to receive the promise of the season? God gets us. God saves us. God is always near us.
Every year Advent invites us to prepare our hearts once more for the gift— the gift that seemingly is too good to be true but is, in fact, miraculously and joyously true! And each year, we have the opportunity to say yes to that invitation, to prepare our hearts for the miracle of Immanuel, "God with us."
My hope for you this Advent is that you will arrive at Christmas with a heart wide open for the Christ child, ready to receive His love and share it with others. The story of Christmas is the story of God's relentless love for us.
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No one expected the Messiah to come the way he did. Yet the way He came was every bit as important as the coming itself.
The manger is the message.
Because of Bethlehem, God knows what it's like to be human. Because of Bethlehem, when we talk to Him about tough times, He understands. He's been there. He's been here. Because of Bethlehem, we no longer have marks on our record... just grace.
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