Friday night while we were singing the different songs, we sang \u201cYou\u2019re everything glorious,\u201d \u201cthe grace that You gave is an open door,\u201d \u201cNoel, come and see what the Lord has done,\u201d \u201cthe story of amazing love,\u201d \u201cI heard the bells on Christmas day\u201d\u2013 hearing all these things and all of a sudden, I (Emil) was standing in the stable when He was born. I looked in the manger and He had on this little tuxedo, and I watched all these shepherds coming and the wise men and all these people were dressed in wedding gowns. I\u2019m looking at all this and I\u2019ve never seen anything like it and He said, \u201cOn the day I was born, the great courtship began.” He courted us for 33 years to become His bride. He courted us with the greatest courtship in the history of the world. There\u2019s never been a courtship like it before or since. Then I had a picture of our nativity in the yard and I saw the cross over it\u2014Wow, here He is born with the cross right behind Him. He was born to go there, and He was born to keep us away from that. He came to court us into the greatest love story ever. I kept hearing this, \u201cDon\u2019t lose Me through the holidays. It\u2019s easy to look at money and presents and family and friends and going here and going there. Start with Me every day and then go do your stuff.\u201d Stop at the manger for 5 minutes and thank Him for that courtship. I couldn\u2019t help but laugh, seeing all these shepherds in wedding gowns but it was so real and it was so personal. It was a love I saw in their eyes and in His eyes, even as a newborn, like nothing I\u2019ve ever seen before. We just can\u2019t lose that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord, we thank You that You exuded more love at that moment when You came to life on earth than this world has ever known. We thank You that You chose to come, You chose us, and thank You Lord for allowing us to choose You. We thank You and we praise You and we worship You. And every time we hear the bells, every time we hear the songs, every time we think of the gifts, we\u2019re going to think of You\u2014the biggest gift, the greatest gift, the ultimate gift that You gave to us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday night while we were singing the different songs, we sang \u201cYou\u2019re everything glorious,\u201d \u201cthe grace that You gave is an open door,\u201d \u201cNoel, come and see what the Lord has done,\u201d \u201cthe story of amazing love,\u201d \u201cI heard the bells on Christmas day\u201d\u2013 hearing all these things and all of a sudden, I (Emil) … Continue reading Don’t Lose Jesus This Christmas<\/span>