In the Christmas Spirit!

I realize it is still before Thanksgiving and a lot of people are against Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. Don't get me wrong, I am in NO WAY trying to skip over Thanksgiving - I love Thanksgiving! And I can't wait to get to North Carolina to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. However, I absolutely LOVE Christmas. It is by far my favorite holiday. I love everything about Christmas. I love the decorations, I love shopping for and wrapping gifts, I love the music, I love the feeling of excitement that comes as each day passes and Christmas day gets closer and closer. Most importantly, I love what Christmas means. No, not Santa Claus coming to town. God coming to Earth in human form as Jesus Christ - the Savior of the world. The most high king. Emmanuel - God with us. The fact that God made so many miracles happen over the course of a year - from the conception of John the Baptist in Elizabeth's womb - an older woman who believed she would never become pregnant and whose husband sought other ways to have a child. This man, John the Baptist would lead the way for Jesus' earthly ministry. An angel appearing before Mary, a young virgin who was honorable in the eyes of God, given the task to give birth and mother the Savior - God in the flesh. That same angel also appearing before Joseph, the man Mary was betrothed to. He, too, was honorable in God's eyes and was honorable enough not to divorce Mary despite her surprise pregnancy that Joseph was in no way responsible for. All leading up to the unlikely day that Jesus was born - in a "barn" which was more like a cold, damp cave where the animals were kept. The Savior King was born in a barn, raised as any normal child was at the time, and eventually DIED so that we would all have the chance to be saved from the filth of our sin. God sacrificed His son - His one and only son, so that I don't have to spend eternity paying for the awful, wretched things I have done. Praise be to God!

Did I mention that I love Christmas?!  Again, one of my favorite things about the Christmas season is the music. One of my favorite "newer" or rather re-vamped Christmas songs was done by 33 Miles about 2 years ago. It is a mixture of "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "Sing To the King" which is one of my favorite praise songs. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!  I have a feeling I will be sharing a LOT more of my favorite Christmas tunes over the next month or two  :)