Merry Christmas! It’s so hard for me to say that, with the weather here in Florida being Spring-like. Eighty degree weather in December is lame, quite literally. But anywho, it is Christmas, the day we recall the “birth” of our Savior. God coming down to us in human form is quite astounding. Have you ever wondered why Jesus came to Earth as a man? Yes, there had to be payment for the sins of the past, present, and future world, but why did God come down to Earth? I mean He’s God right? He can do anything He wants. He could’ve made a guy just appear in the desert, have him tempted a couple of times, and the have him unjustly tried and killed right? That would’ve made much more sense to me; He wouldn’t of killed His own son, it would’ve been a few weeks (maybe months) rather than 33 years for God’s purpose to be fulfilled. That seems a lot better to me. But God wants to dwell among us, to be trusted, to be loved, to be desired, to be here, to be our friends. And yet God is not like us. Yes we are made in His image, but He’s God and we’re not, so inherently there will be differences. So how could God be with us, and be so different? The answer is Jesus. Let me tell you this story.

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