What Will You Do With Jesus Now?

Christmas is over and we've begun a new year.  There are so many things to think about, so many things to do and to plan for.  We have memories of 2011, both good and not so good, and we have memories of Christmas past.  Was God in the forefront of your celebrations.  I hope so.  But now what?  Sometimes it's much easier to put things into words if I rhyme them, so would you take a look at the last chapter of my little Christmas book.

Another Christmas has come and gone, let us talk of what we’ve seen.

The angels sang of Jesus birth

announcing peace to all the earth. 

The shepherd bowed then at the sight.

They found the Child that wondrous night. 

He came to earth as Mary’s Son, the promised, long awaited One. 

We heard of Jesus wondrous birth, and sang of glorious peace on earth.

We praised the Baby in the hay and paused to celebrate the day

and now we pack it all away. 

With trees and lights and treasures fair,

we put the crèche with Jesus there. 

For one more year we put away the trappings of that special day.

But, if we take God from his manger bed, and see the holy life He led,

and watch the Son of God and see Him die upon that cursed tree.

Christmas might be just the start

of Jesus living in your heart.

Ask yourself this question; has this Christmas changed my life? Has this Christmas changed me? Has this season of concentrating on the birth of my Savior made a difference? 

Tomorrow, when I start to “undecorate” my house, I will not be putting Jesus away for another year. This year, as I looked at Christ’s birth in a different way, I found so much more about God to worship and to love. He will not be living in a box in the attic; he will be living in my heart.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.  (Galatians 2:20)

God bless you dear friends.

Diane