Christmas-time is almost everyone’s favorite time of year; but there are many that truly are sad and unhappy at the prospect of our approaching holiday.  We tend to get caught up with our preconceived ideas of what our opinion Christmas-time is.  To many it is mostly a special opportunity to get together with those we love.  To others it is a day to give and receive gifts. To many Christmas means parties: socializing with friends, family, or those we work with. The definition of Christmas means food, fun, love, and giving.  Yet Christmas-time ushers in a sort of depression for some, with an intense missing of someone that is no longer around and it is handled by pushing the importance of the Christmas holiday aside. Christmastime can be and is all stated above and more.  Christmas is a time of remembering.   A holy reminder of a miraculous birth that was a gift bestowed upon us from our Father in heaven.  A gift that was provision sent for us to be able to spend eternity with a God of such love.  It will take eternity to understand how low He had to go to help us reach as high as He desires us to go.

Christ in Christmas Kept Alive

Bright lighted trees line the streets with good cheer,
Signs of good tidings with festive music for the ears.
Both child and adult can clearly see,
That the joy of Christmas-day is fast approaching.
There are songs about Santa, reindeer and sleds in the snow,
And some lively tunes of the joys of mistletoe.
You may hear every once and awhile,
The Christmas story of the virgin mother and child.
You may see an image of babe in a manger- frozen in time past,
To remind of Christmas’ real reason as you in wonder look back.
Sweet little children will only learn of the Holy virgin birth,
And about the Savior that left heaven to be born on earth;
From caring parents and others that faithfully of Christ testify.
Christmas-times real reason is only then kept alive!

Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

            I did not know my biological father; and I had a dysfunctional relationship with my step-fathers.  It was very difficult to imagine a loving, compassionate heavenly Father.  I never thought I could relate to the intimate term “daddy,” let alone “Daddy-God.” One day it was revealed to my seeking heart a Father’s love so great that He sent to earth His Son to rescue all that would believe on the name of Jesus.  Now I am thrilled to run to Him with my every need and concern.

Daddy God

Our Father in heaven, great and mighty your name.
I desire Your will done on earth and in heaven the same.
My prayers lift for provisions for my life,
And for forgiveness when I do not do what is right.
I need Your help Lord to forgive other’s too;
And not to be tempted to disobey You.
You are protector and deliverer of my soul.
You are most holy and most high in full control.
You are my daddy God that is always close by,
And that comforts me when my heart cries.
You kiss my aching soul and breathes in me new life.
You are my daddy-God that my battles fight.
You teach me with patient, loving-sounds.
You present me with special treasures left to be found.
You lavish me with blessing too many to count.
A forever storehouse is filled; so great is the amount.
My Daddy-God says I am the apple of His eye.
I say He means so much to me my words cannot reach that high.

Galatians 4:6-7
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,
then an heir of God through Christ.

This is one of the poems in my book Waves of Comfort by Brenda Drake

Once in a vision, the Lord showed me a little car that drove only a few miles, stopped, and put in just a few cents worth of gas.  It continued a little further and did the same.  It kept doing this – its progress was very slow.  I asked what did this mean.  He said that this was how many of His children asked for blessings.  They will only accept a few at a time. Some do not feel they deserve to receive, or are afraid to ask too much because of the many people that have greater needs.  God does not have lack.  He is not worried that we will use up His supply.

No Downsizing in God’s Kingdom

Downsizing, cutting back, you have heard of this before.
In the world it is very common, but not in the Kingdom of the Lord.
Usually it is because of cost in the market place
The price becomes so high, that production cost must be faced.
In God’s Kingdom all is provided for.
All that is needed is paid for by Jesus Christ, the Lord.
He gave of His precious life’s blood
To completely buy back the lost, to make new and good.
He does not cut back and eliminate the cost.
He lifts up and abundantly gives to the redeemed, by way of the cross.
He gives sight to the blind man and opens the deaf ears.
He fills up hearts with joy, and wipes away the tears.
He gives extra benefits; and keeps the lines open day and night.
He keeps an army of Angels on duty to put the enemy to flight.
He fills up the storehouse with treasures left untold.
He even paves Heaven’s streets with purest gold.
He does not worry that the economy may fall or inflate.
He never worries; He never rushes; nor is He too late.
He has no limit or quota nor will He run low and need to wait.
In fact, God’s Kingdom grows more and more each day,
While the world grows weaker in its downsizing ways.

3 John 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Philippians 4:19
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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