We arrived back home in Australia to the business that is Christmas...choosing gifts, wrapping gifts, finding car parks, grocery shopping and preparing food.
Through it all we heard com- ments on how much everything costs these days, the great expense that is Christmas.
But, we wondered....do we ever stop, in this crazy time, to con- sider what it cost God to send His Son to earth? Do we stop and wonder at the mystery and God's sacrifice for us?
Does it move us, this cost?
John 3:16 (The Message) says: ―This is how MUCH God loved the World. He gave us His Son, his one and only Son. And this is why, so that no one need be destroyed by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.‖
So as we prepare for Christmas day, may we all take time to set our hearts on how much God loves us and sacrificed for us.
JESUS is still the sacrifice. JESUS is still the restoration for a broken world. JESUS is still the answer.
Darryl and Kirsten Schenk, along with their lovely daughters, Adele and Milly hail from Australia. We are thrilled that they will continue to make the Ranch their home, returning after Christmas :)
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