Christian Devotional-Stories and Bible verses about the presence of God in our lives

How to Have a Perfect Christmas

“This year, Christmas will be perfect!” she says…

“We’ll start with the perfect tree!”

But it isn’t…

Perfect, that is.

The tree doesn’t fit in the stand.

“We’ll just shave down the trunk…”

“Now it fits…”

“OK, let’s stand it up….”

They step back and look…

Ready to behold the perfect Christmas tree in all its glory…

But it still isn’t…

Perfect, that is.

“It leans to the left…”

“Let’s put some blocks under the left leg…”

“That’s better…”

“Now let’s put on the lights.”

They put on the lights…

And step back to look at the perfect tree in all its lighted glory…

But still, it isn’t…

Perfect, that is.

“There’s a dark spot on that side…”

“And too many reds lights on the other side…”

They rearrange the lights.

Put on the ornaments.

And stand back to look one last time…

To look at the perfect tree in all its decorated glory…

She is just about to say something, when…

“It’s perfect!” shouts the 5-year-old.

She pauses…

And smiles.

“Yes,” she says, “it’s perfect.”

If you wrote the book on How to have a perfect Christmas …

What would you write?

How would you fill its pages?

Would you fill them with recipes for the perfect family dinner?

With tips for decorating the house and tree?

With Christmas carols for the whole family to sing?

How to have a perfect Christmas ?

What if…

The perfect Christmas doesn’t depend on our efforts at all…

What if…

It is God who made the perfect Christmas?

How to have a perfect Christmas ?

What if…

All we need to do is remember the meaning of day…

Remember the God who gave us an incomparable gift of love…

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16

And with the angels and shepherds from that first Christmas…

Thank Him from the depths of our hearts…

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”   Luke 2:8-14 

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