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It is Christmas Eve.

The day before Christmas.

That is exciting. But why?

Well, for some people it’s a grand holiday that is centered by food, parties, presents bought & given, happy children, Santa Claus & fun.

But for us it is far more than that. Yes we enjoy the other things but we realize that it is much more. It is a celebration of the time when God showed His ultimate love for us by sending us His son and making us a part of His family!

So enjoy this time of year but remember why it is ultimately special.

I have been thinking about this for a long long time but what kept me from writing about it is that I was worried that people wouldn’t get it and be offended. So I have waited and now I am ready. Did I solve the potential problem? No, but I have thought it through. So here it goes:

When children are born they have no standards because everything is new to them. But as humans WE THINK THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE and so we teach them to our children. Everything does, books, stories, songs & TV, why do you think we have nursery rhymes?

And children learn very quickly that they must meet these standards because depending on how they measure up to the standards they will be labeled. And as we get older although the standards change in name or content the purpose is the same.

So if we meet those standards then we are good enough and successful and if we do not then we work harder to achieve them.

I regularly attend a Sunday school class for handicapped adults and I am now a part of a very handicapped family.

What does the class do? And why is it important?

Good questions!

Without the class handicapped people would have nowhere to go. Most people, even at Churches, don’t have a place for them and think they do not belong in Church.

So for 42 years I was normal, successful & belonged in Church & had it made in life? Yes.

But why not now?

Well, at 42 I was severely attacked and beaten. I lost my job, my education, all people and possessions, my future and I cannot walk.

So without these people I would be up a creek without a paddle. But I’m not.

I still cannot walk or remember my education, but I do have God.

Am I still successful? By the World’s standards No, but by God’s standards YES.

I am very happy to be where I am.

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Do you remember what the first thing was that Satan did? He thought he was just as good as God.

He tried to make them think that they wouldn’t die even though God had said that they would.

He has always tried to be or make people believe that he was just as good as God. That makes no sense at all! The created being just as good as the Creator?

And even though he now knows better he’s still trying to do the same thing.

But we too know better and we believe the truth. No one is greater than the Creator!

And that makes life so much simpler! The only complicated and difficult parts of life belong to Satan not God. So that WE can find solutions because obviously God hasn’t. Can’t thing be better than they are?

Gee, doesn’t that sound familiar?

You’re not going to die…

But they died.

So from this moment on we can know that we have been created by God and every part of our lives has been planned by Him. So nothing is uncalled for, should have happened differently, or needs to change.

Our Father will always be our Father.

It is amazing how I can see things that I think are NEW! They have probably always been there but they’re new to me now.

I have noticed that people are super focused on THEMSELVES. They think that EVERYTHING and I mean everything is up for evaluation and if something doesn’t match their standards, then it’s wrong.

And so human success is evaluated similarly. There are things that people say are examples of success and correctness and so people follow those examples. But, who sets examples for God? No one, and is God successful? Now you are trying to set standards that you cannot because you can create absolutely nothing but God creates everything.

So reality is more than you can know, success is more than you can know and wealth is more than you can know! In fact everything is much more than you can know! But nothing is more than God can do or know!!

So relax! He is capable and He is in charge and YOU are not!

Everything that I see today says I can make things better. People must be able to succeed at everything!

But without commercials or convincing, God is able to make EVERYTHING better and SUCCEED at everything.

God doesn’t have to buy or try anything or convince anyone to do this He just does it because He can!