Prayed at Christmas 2007

If we just lift ourselves Lord out of, out of the busyness, and out of the hustle and bustle of the world, we would find Lord that our eyes would fix upon You, and we would see Your grandeur.

Lord there is a lot of things that pull us back and tie us down, a lot of emotions, a lot of thoughts, lots of things and experiences that we have in the world.

And as we lift our eyes up to the hills, as we lift our eyes up above and look into the heavens, as we lift our eyes and look around at the intricacy of the earth that we live in, we can't help but stop and say, “My goodness what a wonderful creation what a wonderful universe, how wonderful everything is knit together and put together, it's just amazing, You are a wonderful creative God, a powerful God.  You must be so powerful to make all this up, just incredible”.  

And yet our God, if we think along those lines, we would think of You as some distant powerful being, but we know that ‘Christmas’ reminds us, that not only are You creative and powerful, but that You are a loving God, a caring God, a merciful God, a forgiving God, a God full of love.  

And You’ve shown us that love, by coming into our world, and living in our world, and dying in our world.  You came on a mission, to save a people for Yourself.

And we beheld Your glory, the glory of the only begotten.  As Thomas said of You, when He (Jesus) rose from the dead, he said, “My Lord and my God,”

He (Thomas) had come to understand that You weren’t just an ordinary man, but that You were God in our midst, Immanuel, God with us.  

And so this morning we say our God to You, “My Lord and my God”.

We don't understand everything, some things are a mystery but one thing we believe is that You became a man in the person of Jesus.  You lived and You died, that we might have new life.  That we might have new beginnings, that we might have You dwelling in us, in a wonderful intimate relationship, that will go on forever.  So thank You Lord for this tremendous event that we remember and celebrate this morning.  The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ the living God, into our midst. We pray these prayers this morning in Jesus name. Amen.

- Roger