One thing a good friend shared with me - as she takes each card down after the season - is the pray for the family before putting the card away. I love that. We did that last year and it connected us with the many families that adorn our dining room. :)
But I must say.
This year, there was one card that I kept pondering all Christmas season long. I could not stop thinking of it. I even cried about it a few times.
It was a beautiful hand painted card. 2 beautiful ornaments. I have no idea how long my friend took to paint these two beautiful water color ornaments. Then she adhered it to this folded card. As the card is opened - a very simple statement reads:
"God and sinners reconciled!"
Merry Christmas!
Still, I am left pondering the magnitude of this promise and truth that I have in Jesus. That babe born 2,000 years ago in a manger. Born to two lowly people. Whom kings sought after for months in order to go and worship Him and bring Him gifts proclaiming His sovereign, ordained God-given roles - to be our King, to be our Priest and to be our Savior.
This babe - this past Christmas -
brought forth a man,
God in flesh,
to reconcile me,
a sinner
to a Holy God.
I can't help but cry.
