2^nd February 2011

SEEDS FOR HARVESTING 6/1

Isaiah 9:6
"For a child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us."

This wonderful promise comes to us from an ageless God,
then from the prophet Isaiah,
and has been a part of the celebration
of the birth of Jesus for over 2,000 years.

More importantly
it is a part of the history of God's creativity.
Also it was real for us
when God recreated in us a new life
as He called us out of darkness into His glorious light.
Jesus says,
"unless one is born again , he cannot see the kingdom of God".

Because God is eternal and yet ever present,
He greets us at the beginning of a new day with His gifts.
We sing,
"This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it".

Yet the re-creativity of God cannot be locked
into our human time-frame of days and years.
He is a re-creative God because that is His very nature.
Therefore God's gift of a new year,
or day, is as important for us
as God creating the universe
in the beginning.

"Unto us a Son is given"
is a wonderful promise for us
at the beginning of a new year
as it is for the beginning of each new day.

It is the unbelievable truth
that God is sharing His Son with us
and that makes each new day
glow with His presence.

Bob Imms 23.1.11