"'so I will again do amazing things with this people, shocking and amazing.'" - GOD (Isaiah 29:13-14a)
Dear Friends in Christ -
It's the night before the night before Christmas, and all through the house . . . nothing is finished, nothing is ready. The holiday menu hasn't been planned, the refrigerator is empty, the Christmas packages aren't in the mail, the sermons aren't finished, the kids' Christmas vacation play-dates haven't been arranged.
I thought that I had figured out the keys to Christmas success - plan ahead, shop early, get the packages in the mail before Dec. 15th, fill the freezer. But this year, the demands on my time have been unusually heavy. I've done some good things, made some good choices, but I've also fallen prey to distractions. Much is left undone. In the midst of the rush and crush, I missed fulfilling some basic commitments, like the honor-your-father-and-mother commandment: my parents' Christmas gifts won't be under their tree for Christmas morning.
The words of the prophet Isaiah give me hope. What is God's response to my imperfect habits and heart, to things left undone? "So I will again do amazing things with this people, shocking and amazing."
How wonderful is that? God's response to my limitations and failings, my inconsistencies and insufficiencies (and yours, too!) is to do amazing things AGAIN.
On this night before the night before Christmas, as I sit by the fire with my children going crazy with excitement all around me, I'm slowly breathing in and out, letting my heart fill with anticipation of the amazing things He will do . . . again . . . soon!
In joyful expectation,
Janet+
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