the Christmas Miracle

Hi Friends

December has arrived and the lights will go on tonight in many towns across the world.
It's an amazing time of the year for us as God's people to celebrate - God himself became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood!

We are no longer alone, we are no longer in darkness and ignorance and we are no longer bound to live separated from our Father. No, with the arrival of Jesus we have realized something new about God. He is not a passive God, somehow on the sideline of this world's mess.

He is right there in the middle of our humanity, sharing it, enjoying it, suffering in it and ultimately dying in it.

We celebrate Christmas the best when we share our lives with each other, when we share both the best we have and when we share our realities

whatever they may be and invite God into those with humility. Then and only as we humbly share our lives and invite God in do we experience

the life of God. It seems His life somehow happens BETWEEN us and not in our heads or locked up in our hearts.

In Luke chapter 1 in the Bible the Angel appears to Mary and tells her that she will become pregnant by the Holy Spirit she responds in an amazing way, with great faith and humility. She doesn't analyze or question whether it will happen, she simply states:

"Nothing is impossible with God"

Which puts God and His power and ability before her understanding.

Then she puts her own life in His hands as the ready instrument and necessary carrier of this most amazing gift by saying:

"May it be to me as you have said"

What situation do you face where you need to put God right at the top by saying "Nothing is impossible with God"

and where do you need to change what you say in your heart from: that will never change, he or she will never change etc

to-  "Nothing is impossible with God!"

It will open the way for you to put yourself on the line, just like Mary did,

as God will only work in our lives when we are willing instruments for change. 

May we have the heart of Mary and may the Holy Spirit move over our lives so we become the miracle our family, our friends

and our relatives are waiting for.  

Love and blessings for Advent my friends