Winter snuck up on me this year. I think it was because we took a trip to Italy this fall, and it scrambled up my fix on the seasons. I keep thinking that it's early fall, but in reality we are just days away from Thanksgiving. That's not early fall anymore!
The way that I really know that it is approaching Thanksgiving and Christmas is that I begin to feel a sense of gratitude in the air. It's distinctly different than the exhilaration of summer, when we are filled with adventure and celebration of the warmth and lazy pace of life. It isn't like the stale feelings of the winter doldrums that we feel in January and February either. It's really just a deep appreciation - peaceful and happy.At Thanksgiving, we all focus on what we are grateful for. At Christmas we enjoy the company of family and friends and celebrate a holiday filled with cheer and merriment. But when you think about what we are really doing this time of year, there's really only one answer. We are loving.
I challenge you to think differently! We gather with our families because we love them. We celebrate the joys of Christmas and give gifts as a statement of love. We pray to our Lord Jesus because we love Him.
Jesus is the model for love. He is the definition of love. More so, He is love. You know John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
How can we even relate to the depth of that love? Could we give up our only child for love? Our Lord did. Why? Because He is in love with us. Little us! How can we ever return that love? By loving each other. That's what that feeling is this time of year. It's like falling in love all over again.
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