Coming on clouds of fire, our hope has come.
Our miracle has arrived.
Placed in a manger so sweetly, the Lord lays. Brought into the brokenness so that the chains could be shattered.
I know you're hurting. We all are.
In different ways, the brokenness has seeped into the crevices of our lives and made the pieces difficult to fit together no matter how hard we try. We run but the jagged edges catch us when we move through our days hopeless and alone.
The voices of different people in our lives and even our own inner voice can deepen the hurt.
They make us forget. It can blind our eyes to the miracle waiting to comfort us and show the way. The distractions dampen our passions and our God-given dreams and we listen to them and doubt, unable to grab hold of the miracle meant for us.
Reaching into the skies, we grab for something solid to hold on to and in desperation try to fill the void inside with empty things, blind to the only One we truly need.
Jesus Christ.
The One who can make us whole and heal a life of pain physically, emotionally, spiritually and relationally.
The miracle that has come.
He is the miracle for you. God sent His only son to be born on this Earth, to live for us, and to die for us so that we would live. This is what we are celebrating and yet with every passing year, we grow accustomed to the traditions, the church services, and forget who Christ is and what that means for our lives.
"Surely, not me, He would never want me", you think. Jesus can't heal me and make me new...
but He can. The cross is a symbol that you are worth it.
"You are more than flesh and bone
Can't you see you're something beautiful
Yeah you gotta believe, you gotta believe
He wants you to see, He wants you to see
That you're not just some wandering soul
That can't be seen and can't be known
Yeah you gotta believe, you gotta believe that you
Are someone worth dying for..."
The healing you are need of may not be physical but spiritual. You're in need of His grace to enter the darkness.
Picture going through your life in utter darkness. Blinded, you cannot see the light. You cannot experience the sweet smiles of the ones you love, take in the beauty of the clouds and the sky. You cry out to Jesus' healing in a shaky step of faith and He touches your eyes. He grants the gift of sight.
"Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; and their sight was restored." (Matthew 9:29-30)
Imagine now a beloved person in your life has died. Deep pain has taken your heart and then you hear of of a Healer. Desperate, you seek him out and beg for healing on the lost life of your daughter. He makes his way and as He is going into the ruler's house, Jesus sees her and speaks.
"Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at Him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her hand, and the girl arose" (Matthew 9:24-25).
This is what Jesus does for us here and now.
Reignites our sight to see and experience His glory and shifts our vision to focus on the beauty of who He is.
Awakes our souls to rise out of the pits we make for ourselves and to truly live.
We embrace the light with hearts on fire for the only One who can save us.
His miracle draws us gently to our knees while we let His light take us in.
[ Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices, Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born. Oh night divine, oh night, oh night divine, Chains shall He break, For the slave is our brother and in His name all oppression shall cease...]
My prayer is that this Christmas the hope of the Savior lights your eyes and is a reminder of the beauty to come. I pray His love will raise your life out of the depths to walk alongside Him in your journey through the valleys of your life.
He is the miracle and He has come for you.
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