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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path. 

– Psalm 119:105

Seven Pounds That Changed the  World

12/20/2012

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For unto us a child is born...Isaiah 9:6

As we enjoy these next few days leading us to Christmas we should take some time to focus our  thoughts and prayers on readying ourselves for  God’s gift of perfect love; His Son.  Love is, after all the only reason God could possibly have for lavishing such a sinful people with such an extraordinary gift.

I read a little snippet from a story the other day about our world having more conveniences but less time; more degrees but less sense; deeper profits but shallower relationships; more medicine but less healthiness and tall men with short character.  I understand how someone could read that little story and think it summed up all the woes of the world.  After reading it, I realized that the farther our culture separates from
God and His love, the more out of balance things get.  It seems easier to expect the world around us to change rather than put
our priorities in order and ask God for the grace and mercy to make changes in our own life.  If each of us had an overwhelming desire to love and serve Him first and ourselves second, the world would change in an instant.

Many things have come along over the years that have changed the world.  Henry Ford’s Model-T weighed 1,450 pounds and it changed the way the world moved.  The first washing machine weighed over 250 pounds and it made cleaning things easier. The first computer weighed nearly one ton and it gave the world access to more knowledge and communication.  As valuable, helpful and convenient as these and other modern changes are, they haven’t always changed our life for the better.  In fact sometimes changes in our world
just muddy up the water and clutter our focus.  Bigger, faster and more convenient  isn’t always better.  Sometimes all these changes lead us away from the love, peace and joy God sent His Son to this earth to bring us.

The most significant change for the people of God’s earth weighed only seven pounds and arrived in the most humble surrounding imaginable.  There was no million dollar marketing scheme to prepare us for His arrival.  There was no multi-million dollar Super Bowl commercial to get us all hyped up about His coming.  There was simply a seven pound miracle that came to change EVERYTHING!  If we would embrace it and all the Christ Child brought us, we could move through our days with hearts overflowing with joy. We would travel through life here on earth more easily than the first passengers in a Model-T. If we opened ourselves to God’s mercy and forgiveness, we would be washed whiter than any garment to pass through even the most efficient washing machine.   If we would share the love that little seven pound wonder came to bring us, we would speak and act with more wisdom and knowledge than any computer could generate.  Maybe, if we would slow down this Christmas to absorb the absolute Wonder and Awe of the coming of Christ, we would begin to find our balance and see that God sent His Son to earth to change us significantly.

  A seed to plant: Take time this Christmas to gaze at the Christ Child in the manger and ask God to help you see what changes are needed to draw closer to Him.  It’s ok to start small, after all the biggest change ever only weighed seven pounds.  

Blessings on your day! 



4 Comments
Shannon:)
12/20/2012 09:12:54 am

Love you mom! You're such an inspiration to me;)

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Ruth
12/20/2012 09:36:09 pm

The best presents come in the simplest packages. Merry Christmas!

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Kathy Wood
12/24/2012 03:05:22 am

Thanks so much for all of your inspiring words throughout the year. The older we get the more we realize that the things in packages aren't all that important; it's our relationship with God and with His people that really matter. Wishing you a Blessed Christmas Season!

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Microsoft problems link
10/15/2013 12:21:24 am

According to me the most valuable thing that God gifted to us is love and now a days this world got less meaning. The article that you shared above feels to be very touching and thank you for sharing it to the world. Good luck.

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