It's Christmas time in the year 2022.

I feel that this holiday season is no exception to the last few years. Quite a bit of loss and grieving all around. I myself for one am feeling it.

I'm convinced though, that whenever we're feeling loss, its actually an opportunity to have the room to receive a gift.

I think of the story of Jesus' birth. There was no room for the gift of His presence in any of the establishments in Bethlehem, so He was instead born in the one place that actually had room to receive Him... a dark, smelly, messy barn.

I believe that Jesus still holds true to this... not that He only inhabits messy places, but that He inhabits the places that invite Him AND that have enough room to receive Him. Sometimes we find ourselves consumed with the material gifts and external stimulations and we don't realize that we're not in a position to receive.

Sometimes it takes us feeling empty because its not until we recognize the voids in our souls that we are truly positioned to receive the true gift of Christ-mas.

Take a moment to receive the gift of His Rest. Take a moment to receive the gift of His Peace. Take a moment to receive the gift of His Joy. Take a moment to receive the gift of His Love. Take a moment to receive the gift of His Salvation.

May you have a Merry Christmas.. especially if its the kind that is stripped down to the simplicity of all that matters. Christ in you... the hope of Glory.

Love,

Victory

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Noel - Victory