I loved Christmas morning as a child! My brother and I made a pact that we would wake up in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve to see Santa. It was silly considering we both loved our sleep. We never actually did wake up, but we were raring to go in the early morning! My parents had given me a musical keyboard one year. I got SO excited, I, “lost my cookies!” This complete excitement is like the joy you can feel in moments of awe and wonder with your Saviour, Jesus Christ…

…What a phenomenal thought! Two babies still within the womb greet each other with a grand response of joy! The Holy Spirit was at work. The response of John led to Elizabeth and Mary rejoicing together and prophesying in song to the Lord…

One of the greatest things we can hear as believers in Jesus is that it’s not up to us to fix ourselves. We only need to be aware of our brokenness and sin, acknowledge it to the King of kings, and accept His redemptive forgiveness. Then, as His Holy Spirit takes up eternal residence within us, He begins to make room for more of Jesus in our lives. He shapes and molds us to be more like Him. Our job at this point is to surrender ourselves to His leading, to bask in the wonder of His word, and to worship Him all the days of our lives. The more we submit to this, the greater the impact He will have.

My niece and I were out for breakfast a month ago. She shared a passage of Scripture with me that she had been meditating on. The verse mentioned joy so I asked her what she thought having joy meant. It created a neat conversation.

I didn’t want to post this today. This is something I feel is personal to me, but I felt the Lord keep saying, “post that one”. So, here it is. I pray this speaks to someone’s heart and leads them closer to Jesus today.

Do you ever feel like you’re on pursuit towards something that’s almost right there? You can see it in the distance. You know if you work a little harder, you’ll get it?