Happy Birthday Jesus!

How do you celebrate your birthday. Birthday Cake? Candles on the cake? Receiving gifts and having the Happy Birthday song sung to you? Gathering with friends and family to celebrate? It is a time of celebrating another year of life and living. Today is the day we celebrate the birthday of Jesus. How will we celebrate this birthday? The dynamic of Christmas day being on a Sunday is especially interesting. Though it makes life for families of small children a little difficult, it is a day to set aside a few hours and worship the Christ child.

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

We have been so blessed by a Heavenly Father who loved us so much He sent His son to die for our sins. I recently read a friends thoughts about that little two letter word, so. God so loved! God so loved the World! God so loved me!

John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

A beautiful Christmas song that I love is about welcoming this Christ-child into our world - "Welcome to Our World".

Tears are falling, hearts are breaking

How we need to hear from God

You've been promised, we've been waiting

Welcome Holy Child

Welcome Holy Child

Hope that you don't mind our manger

How I wish we would have known

But long-awaited Holy Stranger

Make Yourself at home

Please make Yourself at home

Bring Your peace into our violence

Bid our hungry souls be filled

Word now breaking Heaven's silence

Welcome to our world

Welcome to our world

Fragile finger sent to heal us

Tender brow prepared for thorn

Tiny heart whose blood will save us

Unto us is born

Unto us is born

So wrap our injured flesh around You

Breathe our air and walk our sod

Rob our sin and make us holy

Perfect Son of God

Perfect Son of God

Welcome to our world

Listen at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgwL5r7IcU

A few phrases are my favorites:

“Bid our hungry souls be filled” is a prayer for my soul. I never want to get to the place that I don't need my heart and soul to be filled with Him; His Presence, His Peace, His Power.

“Rob our sin and make us holy” is a prayer of repentance. Dear Jesus, take away my sin and make me holy in your sight.

Perhaps other lines of this song will speak to your heart. On this Christmas Day 2016, let us worship the Christ child, celebrate His birthday and welcome Him to our world.

Merry Christmas!