The Christmas Moment

Yesterday Adam and I were driving to Birmingham to spend Christmas with our extended families and I had my iPOD plugged in to the radio and was making Adam listen to my music. He loves that. There is a new song called, "You Are Here". I like it a lot. If you happened to get an iTunes giftcard buy it. It is a Christmas card in Mary's perspective of holding her Creator and Savior in her arms and marveling at the sacrifice he was making in becoming human to save us. The lyrics are very moving and touched my heart as I prepared for Christmas. I love moments like that where God touches you and lets you know how amazing His love is. How amazing that God became human, he chose to feel pain, to be made fun of, to be ridiculed and hated, to be be killed to save ME! Incredible. I cried like a baby right there in the car. Tonight we were at the Christmas Eve service singing Silent Night in candlelight and looking at Noah, and I thought of Mary again. I can't imagine giving birth in a stable without my labor and delivery nurse and heart monitor. I think about how amazing it was when I laid eyes on Noah as they gave him to me for the first time. Imagine that feeling time a thousand..... your son is your Savior! He came into the world to save you form sin. To bear your sin. Wow! I hope that everyone can have a Christmas moment and take the time to reflect on the birth of your Savior. How amazing that he loves me that much. That he adores me. That he delights in me. That he pursues me again and again no matter how often I turn my back on Him.