Christmas Thoughts

 

The Lord is a wonderful Lord, isn’t He? Here we are: poor, wretched, miserable, sinful conglomeration of dust that cannot survive without Him to keep us going (“…and by Him all things consist.” Colossians 1:17b). We cannot even worship Him without His help. Pretty pitiful, huh? Here He is: Glorious, Marvelous, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Wonderful, and Awesome Lord of lords, King of kings, and Sustainer of all life. Quite the contrast, huh?

Sometimes, I think we forget how tiny and insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. The reason for this is that the Creator of the world loves us and thus makes us important. But, I think it’s a good thing to step back and take a look and see that WE ARE NOTHING without Him. So, I’m going to do my best to accomplish that task with a few facts:

First, let’s get in our head as much as possible how much 1 billion is:

1 billion minutes ago Revelations was just written and the Roman Empire was doing great.

1 billion hours ago Creation week wasn’t even close to happening.

It would take approximately 32 years of non-stop counting for someone to count to 1 billion.

 

So, now that we have a slightly concrete idea on the immensity of that number:

According to worldometers.info, at 11:27 p.m. on 12/23/12, there are 7,087,167,870 people on the planet. You are 1 of that number. And all of the other 7,087,167,869  people all have the same feelings, hurts, and cares that you have. Yet, He cares for you…

You take up 0.00000000000096139 (that's decimal billions haha) of a world that is full of life and day and night singing their praises to Him. Yet, He cares for you…

The earth where all this is happening is a mere speck in the midst of the hugeness of our Solar System. Scientists estimate that there are 200 BILLION solar or planetary systems in our Milky Way galaxy. And then, they estimate that there are more than 100 BILLION galaxies (!!!) in the universe. Wow. And yet, He cares for you…

He cares. HE. CARES. It’s an unbelievable, amazing thing. And He cares so much, that He came down to be born as a baby to a poor, underprivileged family in the little town of Bethlehem, knowing what was waiting for Him on this earth. And then, He lived a life, serving people every day. And then, He died a painful, horrible death. And He did this to give you the opportunity to live with Him forever. Now that is worth celebrating. And not just on Christmas, but every single day.

 

What Would You Do for a King?

Bill Cantos

What would you do for a king

 If He won all the battles He went out to fight

 And returned as a hero on a starlit night to a cheering crowd...

 Would it make you proud?

 And what would you do for a king

 If He kept every promise that He'd ever made

 Would you get out the tickertape and lead a parade, a society ball...

 Or would you care at all?

 Kings always seemed to me as such grand, imposing men

 So full of stature, full of power

 Such great authority in every word they say

 I never thought I was quite the type

 But I'd still love to meet one someday

 So what would you do for a king

 If He came to your door, would you ask Him in

 Would you tell Him how much you admired Him

 Do you think you'd dare

 Or would you be to scared?

 Most king's don't seem to know much about the common man

 So far removed and set apart

 I cheer with thousands, we blend into a roar

 Another face in an endless crowd

 Is that all I really am, just one more...

 So what would you do for a king

 If He saw you fishing out by the sea

 And He walked up to you and said "Follow me - It's time you know"

 Do you think you'd go?

 And what would you do for a king

 If He took off his crown and agreed to die

 And as you tried to understand it, He looked you in the eye and said,

 "This is for you"

 Well, what would you do?

Merry Christmas all!! :)