I will post a few more decoration meanings next week just in time for Christmas, but for today, I want to share a song with you that expresses the wonderment I feel sometimes about God’s divine plan for mankind.

I am posting a video as well as the lyrics. The video, quite honestly, is a little hard to watch, but then there was nothing easy about how my Savior sacrificed Himself for me.

Mystery
A child was born on Christmas Day
Born to save the world
But long before the world began
He knew His death was sure
The pain and strife secured

Mystery, how He came
To be a man
But greater still
How His death was in His plan
God predestined that His Son would die
And He still created man
Oh, what love is this
That His death was in His hands

The Christmas trees
They glow so bright
With presents all around
But Christmas brought
A tree of life
With blood that sacrificed
The greatest gift in life

chorus

I am just a man and
Can’t begin to comprehend
When You look into this traitor’s eyes
What do You see that justifies the Lamb
(emphasis mine)

God predestined that His
Son would die
And He still created man
Oh, what love is this
That His death was in His plan
Mystery, mystery
(Lyrics copied from lyricstime.com)

As we celebrate Christmas, may we not forget the sole purpose for Jesus coming to this world. He came to die for me, and He came to die for you. I am a sinner in need of saving, as are we all. I can not save myself. God is a holy God, and He can not look upon me in my sinful state. He demanded a sacrifice, and Jesus was that once and for all sacrifice that would forever negate the need for another sacrifice to be made.

Jesus was God’s gift to us. His salvation is free. It is ours for the asking. I have asked for it, and I have received it, and I grow more grateful and in love with Him every day. What love, indeed!

Do you know Him? Have you received His free gift of salvation? Of all the gifts you could receive this Christmas, there is none greater than this. If you have already received this gift, then spend time thanking Him during this Christmas season for what He has given you.

If you have yet to receive this most precious Gift, you need only ask. To learn how, click on the Ready? button in my right sidebar.

Feeling rich beyond compare,