It appears (amazingly) that I am up before my 3.5 year old sister on christmas morning. Well, she hasn’t jumped on me yet, nor was there any noise when I took a shower. It seems I was a little premature in setting my alarm for 7am.

At least it allowed me to read my Bible this morning. Today I was in 2 Corinthians and I read this

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (NKJV)

This of course is talking about his coming at Christmas, but also, as with all of Christmas, remembering his life and death. It’s amazing enough that the ruler of the universe should become a man, but why at Christmas do we only celebrate his birth, we don’t do that with Mozart or Shakespeare; we remember their whole lives. Christ came at Christmas to die on a roman cross at Easter. Today I’ll be celebrating that

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16 (NKJV)

And now it seems my sister is up, let the festivities begin!