Hello Friend,
As you may know, this past year I wrote a spiritual biography about Johnny Cash. I was just thinking of one instance in Johnny’s life that especially reminds me of Christmas.
Johnny had just finished a super-intense detoxification from the pills that had controlled him for so long. His daughters had come for their first visit to his new, beautiful home. It was winter and as his daughters slept warmly in their beds, the house was quiet. He looked out the window at the pristine scene of snow gently falling on a white wonderland.
It was like the picture on a Christmas card, and the peace that he saw outside perfectly matched the peace he was feeling inside. For the moment, things were going right in his life, and a powerful sense of tranquility permeated everything.
He knelt on his knees and thanked God for the good he was experiencing. He was tasting the abundant life that Jesus promised to those that follow Him, and he was grateful. For the believer, not only do we have the promise of life after we die, we get to experience life during life.
I don’t know what’s going on in your life at the moment. It may or may not be a peaceful Christmas Eve with drifts of snow and children asleep in their beds “with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads.” But I can tell you this: Jesus offers life. True life. Abundant life. Everlasting life. That’s why He came as a baby so many years ago.
On this Christmas Eve, I encourage you to get on your knees, like Johnny Cash did, and thank God for His gift of life.
If you’d like to help me share the message of God’s abundant life with those who have not yet heard the Good News, you are welcome to give a year-end gift here. It would be greatly appreciated.
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