Yesterday, I wrote to encourage you to participate in Advent as a means of experiencing Christmas in a more meaningful way. One of the great treasures of Christmas is meditating on the Virgin Mary being with child, God with us. In the Christian faith, we also experience the same condition. At salvation, God comes to dwell in us as Spirit. We are the new Temple for Him (1 Corinthians 6:19). For some of us, this is a great treasure, for others, a great troubling which might cause us to say, as Mary said, “How can this be?” (Luke 1:24). All of life is based on faith including our sincere celebration of Christmas, for it is all about Christ being with us. Not just a man named Christ but the Son of God Almighty. Advent is a help to our belief and our unbelief (Mark 9:24) because we all need help to believe in Christ, Whom the Angels from the Realms of Glory sang of.
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