Merry Christmas, Y'all!

 

Good morning, and Merry Christmas Eve! I don't know about y'all, but Christmas Eve is a big ol' shindig in our family. Christmas Eve dinner trumps Christmas dinner. We spend Christmas eating our Christmas Eve leftovers. We play games and we truly enjoy each other. I am looking forward to being with all of my cousins at my grandparents' farm today. Life is sweet and so, so good.

But Christmas is about more than that. It's about a baby. The Christ child. I hope you take some time today to meditate on the One True meaning of Christmas: Jesus. 

And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world. But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, "Abba, Father." Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, 

God has made you his heir.

Galatians 4:3-7

I'll see y'all next week. Until then...go love on your families and friends who are family! Soak in the goodness of this season. That's exactly what I'll be doing. :)

Hallelujah! Glory to God! Thanks be to Him! 

Merry Christmas!