Christmas

Here we are in the Christmas season.  I love this time of year.  I get to see my kids fired up about all of the traditions we have implemented over the years. (And of course getting presents.)

I also love the story of the birth of Christ.  That is something that I never get tired of talking about.  As I was looking at that story this week I found something that I haven't seen before from the story.   That is what I love about the bible, it is like opening a gift that has so many different layers each time you read it.

I saw how Joseph handled the whole situation.  Matthew 1:18-24 what an embarrassing thing to have happen and yet his love for Mary was so strong that he didn't want to obey the Jewish law at the time and have her stoned to death.  He just wanted to end his marriage in secret.  Joseph in verse 20 got alone to think and to pray before he made any decisions.

Here he was in his most difficult time in his young life and he doesn't react to the problem he gets alone to think and to pray.  After he does that an angel appears to him in a dream, and gives him the answer and direction he desperately needed in his life.

That is what God does when we draw close to him he draws close to us.  When we seek him we find him.  The move is ours God is waiting for us to move.

How many of us take time to get alone and seek God before we make a decision?  As we enter this season lets all take time to get alone with God and allow him to direct our decisions and lives.

Some of you have some very important decisions coming up and God is just waiting for you to seek him, to draw near to him and he will give you direction (Lk 11:9,10)