![]() You probably think that someone so important doesn’t care about unimportant, little kids but, you see, our God is different. Our verses say, “He is seated on high.” Imagine someone in a very big throne looking down on everybody else, thinking important thoughts, and doing important things. This thought for children is from day one:ĭo you ever feel like God is far away from you? Or like He is so big and powerful that He would never notice a little child like you? Our verses today in Psalm 113 talk about that very thing. Because of Bethlehem (with Bonus Content): Love Is Born, Hope Is Here by Max LucadoĮvery day through Christmas, you’ll find an Advent thought for you-and one for your kids. My prayer is that focusing on the glory of the incarnation of Jesus will fill you with wonder too. For the months it took to write this collection of meditations, it was wonderful to consider day after day that God knew that the only way to fix everything sin had broken was to give us the ultimate gift, the gift of himself. When writing this devotional, I was brought to a new place of wonder and worship as I considered that that baby boy in the manger was not only a real human baby but also fully God. The Christmas story is the story of stories. All human history was marching to the specific point in time when this story would unfold, and the implications of the events of this story reach to everyone who has lived since. It took place in real time at real locations with real people. The thing that should make you stop in your tracks, activate your heart and mind, and fall to your knees is that this story is real. What makes this story vital to know and understand is that it is not a well-crafted fantasy. But what makes this story so wonderful and so important is not that its plot is way beyond anything you would’ve ever conceived. It is a mind-boggling, hard-to-grasp, awesome story unlike any other story ever told. Now he brings readers along to reflect on Advent. Bestselling author Paul Tripp has published Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do, Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry, and several others.
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