Thank You God

My Father,

This Christmas I GET IT!! I get Christmas. Oh, I've known since a child what Christmas was but in reality.... it was presents, family, traditions..etc. I gave You time here and there..I thought about You now and then. But do You know what happens as you mature and grow closer to You? Of course, You do....You see, Lord, I have started something different this year...I am trying, yearning, praying...to know You more. Because of that, I think of You more...I spend more time with You....so as Christmas comes, I GET it.

Pastor Wilson said Christmas was about salvation...that is exactly it. I don't even need gifts to remind myself of the gift You gave us. I don't need a tree to remind me of the life You gave in Your Son. I don't need Christmas carols playing to remind me of Your story. I don't need bells to ring it, angels to herald it, manager scenes to tell me the story. I just need You. Because of Jesus, salvation became available to me. It was Your perfect plan to bring me to You.

I don't even know why you would WANT me. I can't sing well enough, praise loud enough, thank you properly enough, be worthy of, give enough money to replace what You did for me. I don't love You like You love me, I am not faithful like You are, not attentive like You, not sinless like You. But You love me SO much, that you don't give up on me. You accept the thanks that I can give, the time that I can spare, the voice that I can sing, the attempts to give back that fall so short....and you enjoy them as I give them to You. You look forward to what I have to offer...even though it is not enough. Even after thousands of years of worship, it still won't be enough.

I don't understand it but I am thankful for it beyond words....it brings emotions I can't express. So, I GET it more this year than I ever have before and I hope I will get it even MORE next year.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You are marvelous, glorious and wonderful. Thank you for CHRISTMAS!