He Came!

On Sunday morning, we woke to a chilly house because we had run out of heating oil. Ron had forgotten to check the gauge last week and thus had neglected to place an order. I was irritated. It was a cold weekend. Not a good time to be without heat. I told him that a few times.

Kati woke with a terrible sinus headache. Her head hurt. Her face hurt. She was nauseous. She was going to have to miss church.

Bekah overslept. She got out of bed way too late, immediately rushing to be ready for church on time. When we announced that we were leaving "now," she grabbed a granola bar and rushed to the door, make-up in hand, no earrings in her ears, the back of her hair still wet. "How does my hair look?" she asked me. "Wet," I grumped. She ran to the living room to get an assessment from sick Kati, then ran out of the back door and got in the van.

On our short drive to church I said, "This car is full of human beings."

We are, aren't we? Human, that is.

Humans who are sinners and who live in a sin-cursed world.

We make mistakes.

We get sick.

We have character flaws.

We have wrong attitudes.

We don't control our tongues.


And that is why He came! 


He came because we can never be good enough.

In fact, our very best falls short of the mark.

He came into this dark and fallen world that is full of sin and misery and woe.

He came for those who are imperfect and sinful and fallen.

He came for those who suffer from the curse of sin.

He came for the sick and the hurting and the broken.

And he took all of the punishment for my sin and the sin of the world. 

And he offers something better . . . eternal life.

We're still human. We are still imperfect. We still get sick. We still suffer from the curse.

But if we accept His amazing gift of forgiveness and redemption, then we have something amazing to celebrate during this season. We are not simply worshiping the Baby in the manger. We are worshiping our Savior!

Have you accepted His amazing gift of forgiveness and redemption?