12/25/2019
“Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger."
Christmas isn't just another birthday party. It is the coming of God to earth in the life of our Jesus. It is God hidden in the ordinary swaddling of an infant child. I know Christmas can be hard. Some of you have lost dear loved ones, and you might be looking for God somewhere, a bit of hope amid all the grief. Look for him in the ordinary. Look for him in places you don't expect to find him, because that is where God comes.
God comes to join us in the common, ordinary, even painful places of our life. God comes to transform what we thought was common into something holy and beautiful.