There is a certain joy and sweetness I feel at Christmas, when my heart is too full to properly express.
It has nothing to do with the presents, though those are nice.
It has nothing to do with the feast slowly roasting, though we will partake of it with relish and thanksgiving.
It has everything to do with love.
The love of our friends and family, you are all so precious to us.
The love I feel for my heart's dearest, who makes everyday as joyous as he can for me.
Mostly though, it has to do with the love of Christ, who loves me enough to have left a throne to be born in a lowly manger, so that I might be redeemed and reconciled, now and forever more. That my Lord and God should have done that, and more, for me....from manger to cross.
This joy, this sweetness of being where the heart and soul dance for the Lord, is known only at two other times....the partaking of communion and the splendor of Easter.
I wish you all such joy and love, now and always.
Glory to God in the highest....for unto us a Son has been given.
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