Dear,
Well it is the Christmas season. Christmas trees are going up, Christmas lights hanging on houses, getting pictures of kids with Santa, and shopping...how can I forget that! This is such a busy and wonderful Holiday, but I think most people get lost in the "holiday" and forget what the real meaning of Christmas is.
Christmas is the time to celebrate Jesus Christ's birth. Jesus is "God in a bod" as my church high school youth group pastor says. And its true! God sent His son Jesus as a baby, to be born of the virgin Mary and born in a small stable in Bethlehem. God sent his son in such a humble way. Jesus did not come as a man, he was not born of a rich family, He was born in a stable with animals, outside, laying in a manger. his earthly father was a Carpenter and his mother was a young woman who was about to be married. Jesus came in the perfect way.
Tonight I went to church with my family and we are in the Advent time of year, so this week was on Love. John 3:16; For God SO LOVED the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life.
God loves us so much that He sent his son down as a baby to grow up and teach us about him and if we believe in him we will have eternal life with him in heaven, then dying on the cross for us for ALL of our sins. He beat death for us so then only if we believe in Him we would be able to live forever with him in heaven. Is that awesome or what!?! God is so good! He loves us so much! Tonight at Church we were told to think about "What if Jesus Never came?" What If? We could go on and on about things that would not be. I mean our Country The USA was founded upon Christianity...and there are a lot of people who forget that. Some of the points we made tonight about "If Jesus Never Came" are: 1.There would be no church, without Jesus there is no Christianity. So there would be no reason for church right? (Hebrews 12:2) Jesus is the whole reason why we come together. 2.There would be no forgiveness of our sins we would still be under the curse of sin because Jesus never came to die on the cross and save us. (but since He did, we can ask God for forgiveness of our sins and he will wash them away) 3. There would be no gospel, no good news. (Romans 1:16) 4.No hope in eternal life, only death.
it is so sad to think about because Jesus is everything! We desperately need him! The list goes on and on. But we don't need to worry because Jesus did come!! :)
So the real meaning of Christmas, is that Jesus Christ our Lord came to save us. So Awesome! I hope that You have a wonderful Christmas and that you don't forget what the real meaning is. And if you have never heard the real meaning and maybe this is the first time you have heard it...please go ask someone! God loves you so much and He desperately wants you to love him too.
Jesus is the giver, and the gift <3
Merry Christmas!!
~Bailey Noel Photography
