Hark!

"Do not be afraid for I bring you good tidings of great joy.  For unto you a child is born in the town of David.  This child is Christ the king.  You will find him wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger."-Luke 2:10-12

This is what the angel said to the Shepherds on the night of Jesus birth.  It's short and sweet, but full of meaning.  It is probably the greatest announcement ever made, not to mention it was made by an angel so that makes it about ten times cooler.  

Today is December 25th.  It is the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, God's son, the savior of the world.  It never fails, every year I get wrapped up in the gifts and the magic of Christmas.  It's become so hard to remember the greatest gift.  I did the piece above to help myself keep my mind on the real reason for the season.  

It's so amazing that just a little baby would make such a huge significants in this world.  Even at the time of his birth, this child started making history.  Men traveled from a great distance just to see him.  A king set out an order to kill all children under the age of 2 out of fear of this child.  Fear?  Jesus was a baby?  How could anyone fear something so small and innocent?  It was also on the night of Jesus birth, that God showed his love for everyone, no matter their social status, or occupation, by sending an angel to tell the shepherds of Jesus birth.  

So much is such a little amount of time.  History was completely changed in one night.  To quote a Christmas song by David Story (an Indie artist who most people have never heard of) he said, "All of time points us to Your birth, because it was the night salvation came to earth."

Praise God for sending us Jesus to be our hope and salvation, and may we all remember what December 25th is really supposed to be celebrated for.

Merry Christmas!!

Peace on Earth,

Jake

Dancing in the Street

This really isn't anything special, but last night I stayed up all night working on an assignment for Biblical Interpretation.  It was probably the hardest thing I've ever done.  Also, it ended up being 114 pages long.  This was actually small compared to most of the other projects.  Either way, I an happy to be done.  This is why my post is entitled dancing in the street.  I'm in a very tired, but celebratory mood right now.  I'm only a few projects away from finishing the semester, and I just want to dance.  In fact I think I'll throw myself a dance party!!  Feel free to join me in dancing...anyway.  I finished my project for Biblical interpretation an hour before class.  So, instead of sleeping (because I would probably not get up, and sleep through the class, which would be a bad deal) I decided to make a cover page for my project.  

Norm Forester is our mascot here at HU (apparently I spelled Forester wrong, there's no spell check on photoshop, and this is not the official norm forester mascot, but I liked this one better.).  I thought this would at least give the professor a little chuckle before he ready the monstrosity that is my project.  Anyway, that's all I have.  I know its not much and it's not even that good, but I just needed to express how excited I am.  Until next time...

Peace,

Jake