Monday Dec 18th Blog post

This is not based on today's reading but is something I shared at church yesterday.  As we enter into the busy week before Christmas I want to be encouraged and encourage others to take the time to sit at the feet of Jesus and Prepare your hearts for all the Savior has to offer.

Prepare Him Room!

 

How successful have you been in doing that this week?  This Advent season?  This year?

 

Our everyday lives are busy and when Christmas time draws nears our lives seems to become even busier.

 

We somehow manage to fit in to our already busy lives: Gift buying, Christmas parties, Writing Christmas cards, Making cookies, Cutting down and decorating Christmas trees, Wrapping gifts, Family visits, Waiting in longer lines and sitting in more than usual traffic

 

For many as Christmas draws nearer they deal not just with the busyness of life but also struggle with what can often times be a daily life struggle with Depression, Anxiety, Fear, Bitterness, Hurt, Shame/Guilt, Lack of forgiveness, Hopelessness, Pride.

 

All theses things, the busyness of life and the season, along with the deeper heart struggles that fill our thoughts and time,  can easily distract us from the daily need to prepare Him,    Christ, room in our hearts and lives.

 

We prepare Him room by spending daily, unrushed time, inviting him in to our lives.  We can do this through Praying, Reading his word & seeking wisdom, Sitting in Quiet, and connecting with others who are seeking to prepare him room.

 

Why is it important to prepare Him, the King of Kings, The Prince of Peace, room in our hearts and lives?

 

It gives our hearts opportunity To Heal, To find Rest, To experience hope, To be filled with what is lacking and needed, To be humbled, To feel true love, the Love of God lavished upon you, To be freed

                                                           

When we take the time to prepare him room and allow our hearts to be filled with the Goodness of the Lord, with lasting gifts  from  God this Christmas and beyond then we become a light to the world.

 

Like the star, that guided the Wisemen to the long awaited messiah, the Christ, the savior and redeemer, that first Christmas in Bethlehem, we become a light to the world around us.  We help lead others to the Healer, Forgiver, Redeemer, and  Savior.  We become a gift bearer of truth, hope and freedom to the Lost that the Lord wants to reach.

 

 

Let's not delay.  Let's not wait any longer.  Let's start now, today, and Prepare Him Room' Let's prepare a place in our hearts and lives for the long awaited Messiah, the Prince of Peace, our Savior Jesus Christ.

 

It is not  just a seasonal things but there is no better season to start than now – At Christmas.

 

We make time for so much more, let us make time for the one that really matters, the one that can truly make a difference.

 

As you listen to the song I encourage you to use the time to sit and reflect on how much time you spend preparing him room verses the busyness of life, to sing it as a proclamation, or to pray and invite the Lord in.

 

 

Let this be the start, or even the continuation for some, in living a life where we daily

Prepare Him Room.

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