Jingle bells, sleigh bells, Salvation Army bells – Christmas time really rings with so many sounds.
Do you know what I hear at Christmas?
I hear silence.
It does not stay silent, it’s in the next moment I eagerly anticipate for love to fill the space.
Taking a deep breathe, love enfolds. This may be another year in a waiting season but remnants of a joyful life capturing this season and unveiling its beautifulness is the perfect place to hear what has always been all around me. With eyes afresh, I see love and hope of future promises. It’s in the beams of sun over freshly fallen snow. Or frozen in the forest as droplets of ice covered branches. Clear and white glistening with possibilities.
I know it’s hard to bask in glow when all you hear are sounds you long for; a loved one’s call, a baby’s coo or the news of a miracle. Can I offer you sustenance this Christmas?
In your heart prayers being lifted up, love is revealing its beauty. It may not look like what you thought it would be dressed as, but it is there. In shimmery colors, love is in the pleading – for comfort comes down and collects those tears. Wrapped up in lovely adornment, love is listening to the wishes – for hope fills our heart. Love never fails, which means it is meeting you exactly where you need it to be.
To me, this Christmas love is rejoicing. Many of my heart prayers are answered and I celebrate those with glee. Some heart prayers I know are yet to come. Love is showering our home with still our eager plans and preparations for a future we have always known one day it will come to be. Love is connecting, rejuvenating, and showing me Jesus in a new light. Brighter than the Christmas star, is the purpose for His birth- an act of complete love.
Merry Christmas my friend. I truly wish for love to silently shower down on you. That you may feel our Lord’s presence and you sense His love in the most tangible ways. So when you unwrap Christmas, the gifts extend farther than anything you could ever find in a box; but rather the gift is everlasting and you are enthralled each day with an abundance of love.
Isaiah 9:2 “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
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