Luke 2:10 -11 10And the angel said to them, “Fear
not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the
people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
who is Christ the Lord.
The gift, the miracle, the
undeserved answer to our prayers. The Christmas season is here, and 5 days from
now we will join in unison to give thanks for the gift of life that was given
to us by God. I have to share with you…..it happened today…..it happens every
year, and I never know when it will show up…….but this morning there it was.
Today I find myself filled with the Christmas spirit. I feel the overwhelming
undeniable feeling of joy, and the need to tell people in my life how thankful
I am for God, For His Son, and for having them in my life. It is truly a season
of JOY!
Each and every year I promise
myself that I am going to hang on to this feeling. I am determined to be this
thankful, this joyful, this over the top happy to be alive, and have the chance
to reach out to everyone I come across……I think I made it to about the end of
February last year…….yeah, pretty dismal I know, but next year I know I will be
making a run for it again! It does beg the question, how long do we stay
grateful for the gift. Oh I know, don’t get me wrong here, I know most people
are thankful throughout the year, but being thankful, and being full of joyful
thanks, is not the same thing is it?
Let’s say you wanted a
Porsche, fully loaded, free and clear, yours, tax title and licenses, you want
it, you dream about it….and one day you open your door, and there it is! You
are excited, you are joyful, you think you are the luckiest person on the face
of the planet. Matter of fact the first month you have it you run in and pull
people out of stores, movies, and work, just to come look at it, next month you
are still pretty excited, matter of fact the first several months you remain on
cloud nine…..then it happens, you jump in one day, crank the engine over, and
it is just a Porsche. When people ask what you drive, you get a little gleam in
your eye, you are thankful, but you simply respond, Porsche. We humans are bad
about this, we get used to having something, and we go from appreciation, to
more of an expectation mindset.
Christ (and I don’t have to
tell you this) is not a Porsche. There is not one thing on this earth that can
compare to the magnificence of the Lord, there is nothing that comes close to
His power, His glory, or His presence, yet somehow, someway, in the middle of
life, with all the hustle, and bustle, all of the trials and tribulations that
come with just living this crazy life, it happens. Oh we don’t like to talk
about it, we don’t like to admit it, we don’t like to say it out loud, and like
it less when someone else does, but Christ becomes that Porsche. We are
thankful, we know we should….but. We really want to…..but. We have the
time….but……well we just are not as happy, or as joyful, or as thankful as that
first day our Savior entered our lives!
That is what is so great
about this Season. It is a chance to rekindle that fire into a blaze! It is an
opportunity for us to recognize just how awesome of a gift that we have been
given, and we get that gift not once a year, or once in a lifetime, but that
gift walks with us each and every day. I am extending a challenge to each
person that reads this. For at least the next five days, commit to be joyfully
thankful. Write a letter, or an e-mail to someone who deserves thanks, but most
likely does not get it. Tell the people you come in contact with just how great
it is to have them in your life. Share the good news with those who have not
heard it, and revel in the happiness with those who have. Make the next five
days a reason for those who know you to take pause. Let them see what joyful
thankfulness looks like. Then five days from now, see if you can make it
another five, try to carry it into the new year. Write letters, make phone
calls, drag people out of the stores, movies, and work, shake hands, pat backs.
Let the world know to “fear not, I bring you good news of a great joy that will
be for all the people”
Merry Christmas to all, and
may God bless each of you this Christmas Season!
God
Bless,
Brian
Thetford
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About Brian Thetford
I am merely what God has created, a person who is here to help with his plan, a cog in the wheel of life. That is where I find my worth, not in what I do for a living, or what I have accomplished in life, but what I have done that extends the Lord’s plan and expands his will, that being said, this is a little about me.I am a husband to a wonderful wife for the last 17 years. I have two outstanding daughters who help keep my heart soft, and young. For a living I am the Logistics Director for a foodservice company. For my love, I write about and minister on behalf of the Lord. It is here that I find my peace, purpose, and balance. I spend a lot of my free time, writing, reading, studying, or talking about the Lord and his teachings. I am working on starting a church in Leander, TX and if the Lord is willing it will be the beginning of a great journey. The rest of the free time goes to my family. As a result, I do not know what the score was for the latest game, no matter the sport, and I really do not care what Brittany Spears did yesterday. Some call me boring. I like to think of it as focused on what is important, my God, and my family.I believe that the Lord has intertwined all of the above into the perfect life for me, a balance of reality, fun, sorrow, and spiritual awakening. I find that for me, the journey is not about going up the road and trying to find the end; it is more about heading back down and helping others get past the same obstacles that I had to get around. I spent the first thirty years of my life on the run, usually in the wrong direction; I will spend the balance on my journey home, picking up as many as I can that are as lost as I was, doubling back when I hear a cry for help.
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