Savor the JOY of JESUS!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Drinking a generous portion daily helps to get your heart ready for the holidays!

            Do you look forward to Christmas or do you dread the holidays?  There are several reasons I’ve heard people give as to why they don’t look forward to Christmas.

Reasons such as:

• Too many memories of those who are no longer with us. We grieve for what used to be.
• Some say they dread the shopping and…the bills that come because of that shopping.
• Others complain that Christmas has become too commercial and people miss the real meaning we are celebrating.
• And the fact is, we often do get so busy with parties, activities and gatherings that we’re exhausted by the time Christmas Day gets here!

Those are all pretty good reasons and each one holds much truth.  But I’d like to issue a challenge for this upcoming Christmas season:  Let’s SAVOR the JOY of JESUS!  Let’s drink in every drop of joy that comes from celebrating His goodness. Bask in the love of God for sending His Son to earth in the form of a newborn baby…knowing that He would sacrifice His very life to save you and me and give us eternal life!  Isaiah 9:6 says:  “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…”

       Don’t dread the holiday season! CELEBRATE it…one moment at a time!  Get ready for a peaceful, JOYful Christmas season!