"In the spiritual life, the word discipline means the effort to create some space in which God can act." (Henri Nouwen) This comment rocked my heart this season. I began to think about the lack of room in our lives for God to show up and display His glory. Daily I have been asking myself this question: “Have you made room today for God to act and show up in your life?” The disciplines of the holy such as: prayer, Bible reading, fasting and meditating, all of these make room for God to be on display in your life. Has the busyness of the holidays already robbed God of room to invade your life? Our prayer for each of you this season is that you will not be so busy this holiday season that there is no room, for Emmanuel to be on display!

This year Ken and I put up a 192 inch Happy Birthday Jesus in LED Lights, bright blue. We are so excited about JESUS’ name being brightly displayed over the arches of the front of our home. Of course, this bright blue display is no substitute for Jesus being brightly displayed in our lives. I think the apostle Peter would have liked our bold and joyful Christmas décor of Happy Birthday Jesus.

“You love Him even though you have never seen Him, you trust Him and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.”(1 Peter 1:8)

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