Day 24: Near
The time is near. [Revelation 1.3]
Now is the time
to make what we’ve hoped for
Longed
for
Waited
for
A
reality.
The time is not
only near
It
Is
Now.
No need to wait
anymore.
God is near.
God is with us.
Now.
Emmanuel.
Draw near to
the ones you love as you would to a fire on a cold night and feel the warmth of
life around you.
What has come
near is simplicity.
God has come in
an infant, a baby.
This is how God
reigns.
Today celebrate
the truth of God’s love.
God loved us so
much that God chose to become one of us.
God came near. Love draws near.
God loves
you—and understands you.
As Jesus
settled near the bosom of Mary, so we too are invited to rest near the
heart of
God. From God’s hear flows the river of peace, peace that covers us, peace that
soften hard hearts and hard eyes. A thrill of hope! Draw near, dear friends, as
our “weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.” Near,
God is here, now. Imagine with me, please.
The sun shines
on this day we celebrate the Light dawning and we are reminded how “God is substantially present everywhere, in
and through all creatures, in all their parts and places, so that the world is
full of God and He fills all, but without His being encompassed and surrounded
by it. He is at the same time outside and above all creatures. These are all
exceedingly incomprehensible matters; yet they are articles of our faith and
are attended clearly and mightily in Holy Writ…”
~Martin Luther
Draw near to
the age-old truth that God and God alone is our savior. The time near, the time
is now to believe in another world, God’s hope for us,
is
possible.
Today, on the
nativity of Christ, May God grant you always...A sunbeam to warm you, a
moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to
cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear
you.
Draw near to
the light, for the Love of God awaits your presence…
Blessings to
you and yours on this Christmas day.
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