ARE YOU TELLING
“And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.”
Luke 2:16,17 (King James Version)
John W. Work Jr. wrote one of my favourite hymns “Go, Tell it on the Mountain”. “Go, tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain, That Jesus Christ is born.” We may be telling people with our mouth but are we telling them with our actions?
Are we telling our family about Jesus? We may be the only Christian in our family and we want our family to be saved. If we tell them they need Jesus but yell at them and are hateful to them, they won’t want to be saved because they don’t see the difference Jesus has made in our life.
Can you honestly say that you have forgiven everyone who has hurt you? If you have told them that you forgive them but allow bitterness, unforgiveness, jealousy and hatred to remain in your heart, you have not forgiven them. True forgiveness is when we forgive from our heart.
One of the greatest gifts we can give Jesus on His birthday is to forgive those who have hurt us just as He forgives us when we hurt Him. We need to remember that none of us are perfect. All of us hurt one another. There was only one perfect person who ever lived or ever will live and His name is Jesus.
Heavenly Father, may we make Jesus happy today on His birthday not only by what we say, but especially by the way we treat one another. Happy Birthday, Jesus! Amen.
Joanne Lowe
December 25, 2011
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