"All is calm, all is bright"
There's something about Christmas Eve that is just..."magical". It isn't about the gifts; I've had Christmases where there was plenty,and Christmases where there wasn't even one present under the tree. It isn't about circumstances; I've had Christmases where everything was going perfect, and Christmases where things were very difficult. It's just about the "magic" of hope.
"Long lay the world, in sin and error pining
Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth"
We know we are incapable of saving ourselves. Everyone on the face of earth knows, in his/her heart, that he/she is a sinner. We know the faces we put on for other people...coworkers, acquaintances, even family. We know the messes we've made...even if no one else does. We know that we are yucked-up in places inside where smiles and casual talk can never reach. We know. And we know we need Someone bigger than ourselves.
This isn't a post to rationalize all the "but how do you know Your God is THE God?" talk. That's just foolish babble. Painting? Painter. Design? Designer. Creation? Creator. All the babble is just ways we, as those yucked-up mess faces we are, find to bat away submitting to the absolute Truth that ultimately we know is there. Babble doesn't change Truth. I can argue all day long that I don't believe in electricity, but my belief doesn't change the fact that when I flip the light switch, it's there. So I'm not going there. It has no place in the magic of Christmas Eve.
So, back to magic. God sent His Son, in fulfillment of over 300 specific prophecies (the fulfillment of just 6 is the odds of covering Texas deep in sand, painting one granule red, and asking a person to pick the one red grain out with the first try), to be the at-one-ment for our sin, our fake faces, our yuck, our messes. And as much as we, even as those who have believed on Him and given over our lives to Him, fall and fail for 364 days, Christmas Eve reminds us of new hope and we are minded anew that He saves. Completes. Fixes. Leads. Holds. Loves with an everlasting love.
And so...magic.
"And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21
Jesus. What a wonderful name.
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