As I started thinking about yet another journey through Advent - a season of celebration of Jesus' incarnation and anticipation of His second coming - I was struck by the fact that Jesus is still alive! Frequently, I fall into looking only to Jesus' life here on earth (recorded in the Gospels) and forget that He is alive right now. Jesus not only gave us a flawless example of how to love, but He is still alive and able to direct us into a life lived for God's glory TODAY!
I thought that Jesus' guidance in this Matthew passage was helpful in reminding us of a tangible way to fall more in love with the person of Jesus - and the life that He provides for each of us - every day of this exciting season of preparation:
"At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, 'Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?' He called a child, whom he put among them, and said 'Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me'"
Matthew 18:1-5
Here are some pictures from a week spent at home with family for Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving family hike
Discovery Park
