12/25/07 - Life Journal - The Reason for the Season

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest...
1 John 1:1,2

The Word of Life made manifest. Our Lord in the flesh. He was sitting at the right hand of God, His Father, looking at the wreck we were making out His creation and looked up at His Dad and said, "I can help".

Jesus is definitely the instigator behind all of this. He sacrificed all He had for us and that's the point that a lot of people miss. It was all for us! We are truly the reason for the season and all we should be thinking about this time of year is nothing but total, honest, heartfelt thanks. The tradition's of man are all good but in reality extraneous baggage that doesn't really mean all that much.

Father, thank you for your son, born without fanfare, to a common family, to live as us but sinless in a world of temptation, to be our final perfect sacrificial lamb.