We were 'Home alone.'

My last post was on the depressing side. Sorry about that but Easter isn't the only time to cry.

My question was "Why would Jesus do something like this? Why would he come and dwell with yucky humans?" Dan says that the fact that he DOES want to be with us is undeniable. And what does that mean for us? That there is far more to celebrate than we thought!

It is truly gorgeous that He came here as a man. He could have freaked everyone out like He did many times in the Old Testament. Although then what He did was perfect despite most couldn't even stand up in His presence. But when he came through Mary...it was different. He truly was a man and he truly was God! Nothing excites me or boggles me more.

Quote from 'In Search of... The Real Spirit of Christmas.' Written by Dan Schaeffer.

"This truth should fill our hearts with a real lasting joy. It is good news--good news for all people. This makes a Christmas truly "Merry." Rejoice! We're no longer home alone!"

Ah! There it is. What we eat, or what we get in the package or who we see will ALL eventually pass away. The 'feeling' will eventually dissipate. NOT however the truth of God. Not His sacrifice for us. That will always be apart of our lives!


Here is the Christmas story I promised.

Matthew 1:18-25-2

18.
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
19.
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21.
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
22.
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23.
"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."
24.
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
25.
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Chap. 2


18.
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
19.
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21.
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
22.
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23.
"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."
24.
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
25.
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
The Escape to Egypt
13.
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."
14.
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
15.
where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."
16.
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
17.
Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18.
"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
0.
The Return to Nazareth
19.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
20.
and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."
The Return to Nazareth
19.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
20.
and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."
21.
So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
22.
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
23.
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

(; Faith Mae