Good Morning! The great celebration of our Lord’s birth draws closer for this year. Praise the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ! The first gift given at Christmas time more than 2000 years ago allowed us to be given another and greater gift, that of grace. The time of Jesus doesn’t seem that long ago to me. Every day I can read from the Gospels and the Holy Spirit reminds me daily of grace through faith. 2000 years are spanned every time I sit down to read from the Word. Unlike a dry and dusty account of an ancient civilization or person, the Bible does not seem ancient. The Old Testament points to Christ and the New Testament springs from Him; it simply doesn’t seem as though 2000 years have passed since Christ walked the earth. There is a place outside of Jerusalem where Christ’s body lay for a couple of days. To me there is no reason to build a shrine there, no reason to make a pilgrimage, for as the angels announced to the women on that great day, Jesus is not there. He is here with us today!
Hallelujah!
Bucky
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