Today's Serving of JOY JUICE!

            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Are you still basking in the afterglow of Christmas?

            Many times we find ourselves exhausted after the Christmas rush is over!  We’ve run and raced through the season and then……it’s over!  No more parties to attend, no more music programs to perform, gifts are opened and most of our homes show signs of hectic activity over the weekend past.  Are you guilty of thinking,  “Oh, I’m so glad Christmas is over!”

            We do tend to let our “busyness” steal the JOY of the season.  Today, I’d like to challenge you to take this time after Christmas has past and before the New Year begins, to meditate on the goodness of God.  None of us deserve His love; we have done nothing, nor can we do anything to make ourselves worthy of earning His grace and forgiveness.  Yet, He gives it to us FREELY.

            Over two thousand years ago, our Heavenly Father sent His only Son to earth….to walk and live among us….with the plan that he would DIE to pay the penalty for our sins.  In Isaiah 53:5, the prophet foretold:
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
             
         Won’t you join me in praising God for His supreme sacrifice?  He is the ONLY way to salvation and true JOY!