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Lately, God is stretching me. I resist when He starts…struggling to maintain my "sameness". I had just figured out how to manage it all..and He is adding one more thing?

But that is where I learn Christ…when I feel weak and inadequate the most. He is taking me here…and I can choose to trust the One who knows not only where I am now but how to lead me to the end, where I meet Him face to face. He sees it all with His all-seeing eye and is the only One who can see ahead. I read in "Created for More" that God is a great leader…but He will not follow. That is powerful for me…when I choose to lead, God is not part of it. But when I follow Him, He becomes the Great I Am in every situation and I can "rest" as I follow Him who knows the way.

God put me in a place of leading a Christmas event for the first time in about ten years. A Ladies' Tea? Not what I would have normally put on the calendar....but God used this suggestion from one of our ladies to bring me to see Christmas in a whole new way.

As we walked through the events for that night, we were missing a song for one of the drama vignettes. As I looked and searched through songs on YouTube, I came across a beautiful video illustrating "A Song of Christmas" by Newsong. It asked the question, "Can you hear it?....the song of peace on earth. God came down, here with us....that's the song of Christmas". Through the words and illustrations, that phrase "Can you hear it?" permeated my heart. Was I listening?

Was I listening to the message of Christmas that God the Father sent when He chose to send His Son to earth. A message of Peace, of Love, of Hope, of Fellowship? Christmas has always been so rushed and crazy....but now I was beginning to listen. Listening for the true message of Christmas that God had for me....and each day it speaks louder and is more compelling.

Here's the link to the video if anyone wants to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXCjb30NItk&feature=related

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STRETCHING…UGH!!

Can you hear it?

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