Simple and Powerful

Today is Christmas . . . it’s much different than in years past. We celebrated Christmas last weekend with our family . . . it was a weekend filled with fun . . . chaos . . . busyness and lots of love!

Today however, will be filled with quiet . . . contemplation . . . rest and love.

Our home is quiet. Lon’s out hunting and I’ve got a book I’ve been wanting to read waiting on me. This year will be simple. It’s good to have time to think and reflect on why we still celebrate Christmas.

I love all the lights and shimmery things that we see at Christmas. However, this was not how our Savior entered the world. There weren’t any shimmery Christmas lights or fun blowups in peoples yards. There was one bright star . . . that was enough to show the way for the shepherds and wise men to find Jesus and worship him.

It was simple . . . it was planned to be simple. The Jews were expecting their king to come with fanfare. Yet, He entered the world as a tiny baby . . . in a barn . . . in the night.

“And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Luke 2:7

It was simple . . . yet, oh so powerful! Because of this tiny babe . . . born in a barn . . . we have a savior! He is the light of the world!

“ . . . I am the light of the world” John 9:5

We are surrounded by a dark world . . . darkness is everywhere. Jesus was born to be light in a dark world. There is HOPE! Jesus came to save us . . . when we have Jesus in our hearts we also have light for our broken world.

Let’s be Jesus to our world . . . our little corner . . . our community . . . the people we love and care for!

Let’s show others the light of Jesus . . . people are lost and hurting, we need to show others that there is HOPE!

Let’s be light in the dark . . . be kind to others. We don’t always know what situation they are in. You will be blessed!

After I have spent time reflecting on why we are celebrating Christmas I realized we do so because of a baby born so long ago . . . it was so simple . . . yet . . . so powerful!

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y J E S U S!

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Author: 2faithfulsisters

My name is Barb Ninemire. I live in Hill City, Kansas, it’s a small town in the NW part of the state. I’ve been married to my husband Lon for 40 years. We have two children. Our daughter Krysten is married to Braden and she has a beautiful daughter, Klara and a rambunctious 2 year old Elliot. Our son, Lewen and his wife Ashley have two sweet little girls Isabelle and Lillian. Being grandparents has brought so much joy to our lives! I grew up in Indiana and am the youngest from a family of two children. My sister Janet was 14 months older than me. I never new life without her. We were the best of friends! You may have noticed that I am referencing her in the past tense. Six years ago we were right in the middle of preparing her for a bone marrow transplant. I was blessed to be a 100% match for her so I was able to be her donor. She lived in Virginia and I live in Kansas. That meant a lot of flying back and forth for me. I didn’t care at all, it was actually fun because I was able to spend so much extra time with my favorite person! The transplant was in June. She did amazing, and all of her numbers were looking great. I flew back to Kansas a week after the transplant. Soon after I was home things weren’t going as well as they had been. She had graft vs host which is basically her body rejecting the donors bone marrow. She lived just a few short weeks after that. I had never watched someone die before. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced. I wasn’t emotionally ready for anything this devastating. I began to journal my experiences through my grief. My hope is that I can share some of what I went through and how I dealt with this great loss in my life. Life is good - but sometimes its hard. I depend on the Lord and His word for my strength during those times.

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