2:19 ~Mary

God gave me this poem the other day while I thinking of Christmas and all that it means. I truly love this time of year but a few years ago, I lost sight of what Christmas is really about and got caught up in chasing a feeling. Since then, God has helped me realize that chasing that elusive "Christmas feeling" is what causes it to be lost. Christmas can only be found when I quit thinking of ME and how Christmas makes ME feel and I focus on my Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord, the God of all creation becoming part of that creation, in order to redeem, to save, to challenge, to change us.

I hope you allow Jesus to invade you, this Christmas and every day.

 2:19 ~Mary

by Victoria Marse

Little baby, oh so small

Lying in the manger stall

He'll grow up to be our king

That's what everyone is thinking

But somehow in this quiet still

My heart feels heavy and I know

Nothing is quite how it appears

And God's son, my son, our Salvation

Won't meet every expectation

The way he came - to me - the least

Yet God sent wise men from the east

No wealth but love have I to give

This baby Jesus come to live

God's mercy shown to all the world

Will soon pierce me like a sword

I attempt not to understand

Simply to ponder and delight

In this precious gift, my Light

Little baby, oh so small

God has blessed me above all

I'm so grateful

I'm so glad

Tonight, I hold Emmanuel

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"But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart."

~Luke 2:19

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