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• CHRISTMAS – Day 25

  Posted at 2:09 pm by How the Light Gets In, on December 25, 2019

  Merry Christmas

  You did it. WE did it! Hooray for us! 24 days of reading God’s word. 24 days of devoting a little time to learning God’s voice. I’m so proud of you and me!

  Take a moment to scroll all the way back to Day One. Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and jot down the websites, books, Instagram accounts, Music, Photography, Email subscriptions, Apps, Artists, Podcasts, Places, People, Recipes.

  Then, take note of what struck you most – was it the beauty, the pain, the encouragement, the community?

  Finally, we should list all the scripture from the posts. The Bible still blows my mind with all those words written so long ago and somehow still very alive and so powerful.

  You know what ALLLLL this tells me?

  GOD

  WILL

  STOP

  AT

  NOTHING.

  God will stop at nothing to get YOUR attention.

  These 24 days have just been a glimpse of how relentless God is trying to grab your attention.

  Christmas gives us the sweetest example of this. Immanuel is God with us.

  Jesus IS God with us.

  But wait, the story doesn’t end here. There’s Good News! Jesus wasn’t just born, end of story. Jesus lived a life full of friendship and story telling and healing and teaching and loving. There’s more to learn. Jesus didn’t just live for you and me. He also died for you and me.

  Today we celebrate His birth but there’s so much more.

  And hey, if you’re reading this you’re alive too which means God’s not done with you. Your story with Him might just be beginning. Or maybe you go way back. Either way, keep walking with Jesus. Read His Word. Learn His voice. Look for Him.

  Remember how we started this journey with Gods word as a “lamp for our feet”? Today let’s celebrate because the light is here. Jesus – God with us – is here “to guide our feet into the path of peace.” (Luke 1:79)

  Thank you for being with me this Advent. You have made it so special for me.

  One last song Reckless Love

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• Day 7 – Take your vitamins

  Posted at 5:09 pm by How the Light Gets In, on December 7, 2019

  Let’s take a break from reading.

  “Multivitamins for your Weekend” is an email that comes out once a week FULL of good for your soul stories and videos and pictures.

  Here’s the link to check out your dosage of “Only The Good Stuff.” https://annvoskamp.com/2019/12/only-the-good-stuff-multivitamins-for-your-weekend-12-07-19/

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• Day 6

  Posted at 9:19 pm by How the Light Gets In, on December 6, 2019

  Prepare, Peace, Promise, Relationship – these are the stand out words from our first few days of Advent together.

  And for today, God strings the words together while weaving in a new one; LAUGHTER.

  

  Not expecting that were you? LAUGH. One of God’s hope for you is that you would laugh again.

  In a world with so much hurt it is easy to wonder if God sees or even cares.

  In today’s reading, Abraham and Sarah lived their lives in faith but Hope was fading. All Sarah wanted was a baby. As the story goes, the woman was around 90 years old when God told Abraham (her even older husband) she would have a baby. Her reaction? She laughed a snarky laugh.

  Sarah LAUGHED at God.

  People, can we appreciate that the author of life itself would allow the detail that one of his main characters in the beginning of humanity laughed at Him!?! Sarah and God had enough of a relationship that God called her out.

  “Then the Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say,Will I really have a child now that I am old? Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time..” – Genesis 18:13-14

  By this time, She was AFRAID and then chose tooooooo… say sorry? Nope, Sarah LIED! Look up Genesis 18:15. It cracks me up.

  And God kept his promise.

  

  Do you know what Sarah named her baby boy? Isaac. Isaac means “he will laugh, he will rejoice.”

  

  God’s timing, His appointed time, may not line up with ours. And that stings.

  I have prayed for a lot of things in my life. Recently, I prayed for something big. I still don’t have the words to do the story justice. But in the meantime, here’s a picture of laughter.

  

  Is anything to big for God? Nope. Keep praying. Keep talking to God, asking and trusting that His time must be the right time.

  Love you.

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