Merry Christmas Eve

What an original title....right? Well I mean it!! Merry Christmas Eve everyone. As you get ready to eat, drink, and be merry... if not already, let me remind you of the reason we celebrate this special occasion. It's a birthday really...although perhaps not in this actual month.

...and there were in the same country shepherds keeping watch over their fields by night. And lo an angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were afraid. The angel said to fear not for he brought good tidings of great joy. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a saviour who is Christ the Lord. This star shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and laying in a manger.

That baby was Jesus...that was the first Christmas and the first gift that was given. His later gift was to be his life for our sin so that we could be with him one day! What a holiday to celebrate!

Merry Christmas to you and to you all the love He has to give!