Christgiving - Everett

It's the afternoon of Thanksgiving as I write this, I've taken some time off from the football and the turkey, from playing Guitar hero with my little brother and watching movies. I love this time of year because I get to spend so much time with my family. I was joking the other day that in my mind Christmas and Thanksgiving are suburbs of each other and thus the whole month from the end of November to the end of December should actually be referred to as Christgiving. I then stopped and said no it should be Thanksmas. But as I think about it, Christgiving is much more true.

Paul said that Christ emptied himself made himself as nothing when he came to earth. The greek word for nothing there, means exactly that, NOTHING. When the Holy Spirit hovered over Mary and the baby was concived inside of her at that moment, the son of the Most High became a baby kicking in the womb, squirming in the middle of the night, when he was born, he cried and whimpered, he spit up and was beautiful when he slept.

My parents currently have a little baby in their foster home and he precious, fun to hold and all that, but he spits up, and wets his pants, and sleeps for 2 hours and is up. All the things that babies do and all the things that Jesus, as a baby, did. He gave up heaven so that He could give us life so that we could give Him glory.

So not just this season, but daily, we need to think about Christ-Giving, what He gave up, what He gives us, and what we can give Him.

Everett