He Just Wants You.

Wishing you all a very merry and blessed Christmas!!

Last year I wrote a post called "A Thrill of Hope". You can read it here. In that post, I wrote:

"Jesus Christ, true God, and true man is the only true and everlasting thrill of hope. Despite everything that has happened this year, Jesus is still our hope and gives us reason to rejoice."

My message to you this year is ultimately the same. Our hope- the reason for our joy- Jesus Christ, knows what it's like to be in pain, to suffer mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially. He knows what it's like and, He wants to help you.

Our Lord desires more than anything else to enter into and be born again into the stable of your heart.

But... "I'm such a mess."

"My life is going horribly."

"I'm not in the Christmas spirit."

"I'm sick."

"I just lost a loved one."

Yes. You are a mess. And so am I. So is your neighbor. So is that very holy lady who goes to daily Mass. And so is the stable that Christ was born in. God, the King, and creator of the universe became man and was born in a barn full of dirty straw, animals, and probably poop. He can most definitely handle you and me and our problems. In fact, that's what He was born to do. Jesus Christ was born in order to die, enter into our places of sin and death, and raise us to new life.

This Christmas, would you give Christ the gift of being born again in your heart? That's all He wants. He just wants you. He wants the messed up, broken, beautiful you.

When you let Christ in, your circumstances most likely won't change very much. Your life will continue to include suffering. But there will be a difference. You will gain a thrill of hope, and your weary soul will begin to rejoice once again.