We’re in the Christmas countdown for 2024. And, as I write this, it’s only 7 more days till the big day.
But the Christmas countdown I think about these days, started way back when.
And I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that eternity is a lot longer than the 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 years you might live in this space/time continuum. Whoops, I guess I done went ahead toad ya. But you already know it’s true. And that part that comes after those decades here on this little blue planet is where my Christmas countdown leads.
The best present anyone could ever hope to get was bought and paid for long before you and I were born.
I’m sure you know. But it’s like this.
If and when you’re willing to go wherever Truth takes you, you can end up in the saving Grace of Jesus. If you don’t believe you need a savior, then you’ll spend your life in vain. Plain and simple. And so unnecessary. And so sad.
God knew you before you were born. He wrote eternity on your heart, and He gave you options. To love Him. Or not. No matter what you might hear some people, even Christians, say, you DO have those options. Yes, you CAN, and MUST, choose. So, choose wisely.
And I see it like this. During this lifelong countdown to the ultimate Christmas I’d rather know I’m a product of God’s love. Not just some “lifeless lump of coal” wandering this earthly plane toward infinite blackness. That’s why I wrote a song to Him and said…
Your Love Restored My Soul
From my mother’s womb You have been my God,
Even if I didn’t always know it.
And I’ve loved You since my salvation day,
Even if…I didn’t always show it.
I believe Your Son is the only Way
To the life I know is never-ending.
So I cast my lot with the King of Kings
And His Truth I trust is never bending.
Jesus, Your love restored my soul.
You gave Your life to make me whole.
I’d be a lifeless lump of coal, oh
But Jesus, Your love restored my soul.
On my darkest days I am not alone.
You indwell me with Your Holy Spirit.
And Your “still small voice” is an open book
And Your grace is there if I draw near it.
And in that open Book is the one True God.
And the words revolve around His story.
And the words are turned into flesh and bone,
And He shares, with each of us, His glory.
Chorus twice
Your love restored my soul. (repeat 3 times)
© 2010 Tony Funderburk
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