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Original post @  https://dbethandrews.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/advent-2024-this-baby-changes-everything/

Advent 2024: This Baby Changes Everything

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Beth Andrews

They say that having a baby will change your life completely, and every parent (and grandparent) knows that is true. You give your whole self away to this child and you never get yourself back. Your time is no longer your own – your days are filled with feedings, school plays, and waiting for them to come home from a date. Your money is not yours anymore – who ever imagined someone so tiny would need so much stuff? The stuff just gets more and more expensive as they grow. And then they go to college! Your priorities are different, your goals are reshaped, and your identity is redefined. And you wouldn’t have it any other way.

There is a baby who will change your life in far greater ways. This baby will give your life direction and purpose. This baby will fill you with peace amid a storm. He will comfort you when you are weary and broken. He will lift you up when you fall. He will stick with you, even when the world is against you. This baby will bring you immeasurable Joy. He will wash away the stain of guilt and shame and make you new. This baby brings hope where all hope is faded. He brings light into the darkest night. This baby brings healing of body, mind, heart, and soul. This baby will change the way you think and the way you live. He will transform your heart and cause you to love in ways you never expected. And if all that wasn’t enough, this baby will change your eternal destiny.

This baby left the glory of heaven to save the entire human race. He brought peace between God and man. He broke the chains of the evil one. He erased the curse of death. This baby took on your sin and mine; He bore the punishment you and I rightly deserved. He surrendered His body to the cross and the grave. And then He rose again! He did it all so that you and I could have life – full and abundant and eternal. He gave Himself away so that you could get yourself back.

He is not just any ordinary child. This baby – the Lord Jesus Christ – is the Son of God and He changes everything.

Beloved, He is ready and willing to change your life today.

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P.S. (from bruce) When there is no other place to turn…turn to God !!  If you’re not a “born again” Christian, is the Holy Spirit urging you to open this link ??  Here is the truth about how God’s grace is received to become a Christian in God’s eyes; through understanding and obeying the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ…   https://godsmanforever.com

  To my brothers and sisters in Christ, please feel free to share this message of the cross with those in need…

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