Each year around Christmas time, it seems like life gets busier. It can be quite challenging to find the time to finish off projects, decorate the house and get in that last minute shopping. It’s important to take time and think about the reason for the season, the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
While I was growing up, each year we’d gather the family and we would read the nativity story from the Bible together. Sometimes my father would read and the children would act it out. In this picture, we are the wise men bringing gifts. (I’m the littlest wise man in the back) By taking time to read and think about the birth of Christ it helps us think about the greatest gift that was given.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16
I am truly grateful for the birth and life of Jesus Christ. Through his suffering in Gethsemane, death on the cross and his resurrection, he has made it possible that we can repent and receive forgiveness of our sins and that we can live again after death. What a wonderful Christmas gift.