That Glorious Day!

Coming out of the week in which we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday, most of our country was enveloped by what is now called Black Friday and Cyber Monday. As buying and selling of goods in a somewhat frenzied manner is a predominant theme throughout the U.S. at this time of year, I am yet thankful for the freedom we have to rejoice in our Savior as our hearts are turned toward the time of His incarnation over two thousand years ago

While given the privilege to worship Him in spirit and in truth through the writing of poetry and songs, I continue to be amazed in Him and the unspeakable gift we have in Him as His people. He truly giveth, and giveth, and giveth again. That God would become flesh, and dwell among us, and in His humiliation give Himself as the one sacrifice to save us from our sins is beyond comprehension apart from His free gift of grace. Out of all the gifts He so freely gives, the greatest of these is Himself.

God Is Love, He never faileth, working all things together for our good and His infinite glory. Praise be to our Almighty God and Savior, Jesus our King!

While reading an article from the Desiring God blog on Monday (11/29/10), I was taken up by some of the words quoted from Jonathan Edwards Miscellanies #186, and then in continuance with the reading of 1st Timothy 3:16, the following came to mind.

Tis so congruous that it should be so
That God Himself, we would come to know.
That He as man would take on our form,
Through Jesus that His praise be the norm.

For when at birth--that glorious day;
Our King had come our sins to slay.
How great indeed we now confess,
This--the myst'ry of godliness.

As in the flesh God was revealed,
Justified in the Spirit, salvation then sealed.
Seen of angels, preached to gentiles.
Tis Jesus who brings upon us God's smile.

Believed on in the world, taken to glory
Up where the Father reveals us His story.
And by His Spirit we praise til the shout,
Then like Him we'll be--is how we'll turn out.

May you know His tender love by faith with a pure conscience this Christmas,
Michael & Dianna