A Christmas thought…
This time of the year causes my imagination to run wild. God’s design for Christmas is so much bigger than we could ever imagine. Recently I read an interesting little tidbit in Rick Warren’s new book - The Purpose of Christmas… enjoy - but I encourage you to allow it to stretch your Christmas imagination:
“… we know that God is powerful and organized and that he loves beauty. We all know that God must enjoy watching us enjoy what he’s created. Otherwise why would he give us so many ways to enjoy it? He gave us taste buds, then filled the world with incredible things like chocolate and cinnamon and other spices.
He gave us eyes to perceive colors, then filled the world with a rainbow of color. He gave us sensitive ears and then filled the world with rhythms and music.Your capacity for enjoyment is evidence of God’s love for you. He could have made the world tasteless, colorless and silent.
The Bible says, “God provides us with everything for our enjoyment” (1 Tim 6:17). He didn’t have to do it, but he did because he loves us!
Wow, I like those thoughts. so next time we look at a sunset, or eat a brownie, or listen to a bird sing… or mediate on a nativity set… just remember it’s all because he loves us.
