Today is my birthday! I normally would never share that, but it happens to fall on the day of my Blog and I feel that the lessons God is teaching me on this day is what He wants me to share!

Birthdays are joyous occasions when we have people in our lives that celebrate us!

I grew up with the best Mom that a girl could ever have! Obviously, you already know my birthday is in December. My Mom made sure that my birthday was never blended together with Christmas. You know what I mean, that two for one gift that someone hands you and says, “Happy birthday and Merry Christmas!” No, she never did that! She made sure that my birthday and my sisters birthdays, we’re celebrated from the minute we woke up to the minute we laid our head on our pillows that night! The day of our birth was special to her, and she made sure she celebrated it!

I had many birthdays and many birthday parties that were wonderful celebrations! We had cake, we had balloons and cards and gifts… But the greatest gift and the thing I remembered most were the people who were there to celebrate with me!

Their PRESENCE, not their presents,

made my birthday celebration special!

On this day, as I celebrate 63 years of life, I am not thinking about the balloons, the gifts, the confetti or even the cake(ok, those of you that know me would call me a liar with that statement, so maybe I’m thinking about the cake a little bit), but most of all I am thinking about the PRESENCE of the people I love being with me!

More than any other person that we spend time with on this earth, we are blessed to have a SAVIOR who desires our PRESENCE and sent His PRESENCE in bodily form, down to earth so that we could be present with Him forever and always!

As Paul the Apostle says, 

“When we are caught up to meet the Lord, And so we will always be with the Lord.” 

I Thessalonians 4:17

What does His PRESENCE mean to us?

Isaiah 9:6

“For to us a child is born, 

To us a Son is given;

“and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called

WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE!”

His PRESENCE means that we are never alone. He is WONDERFUL and loves us like none other!

His PRESENCE means that we have someone to go to to seek advice and direction and to know the right path to take. He is our COUNSELOR!

His PRESENCE means that nothing we go through is out of his control and power.

He is our MIGHTY GOD!

His PRESENCE means that He is with us now and forever into eternity.

He is our EVERLASTING FATHER!

And His PRESENCE means that no matter how fierce the storms of life rage around us, we can have comfort and assurance and peace in the midst of them.

He is our PRINCE OF PEACE!

No PRESENT on earth can compare to the PRESENCE OF “EMMANUEL GOD WITH US!”

TRUTH BOMB

THE GREATEST GIFT BORN TO MAN CAME IN A MANGER!

The present I pray and wish for you today, is the presence of Jesus Christ to be with you today and always!

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