"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."
Revelation 3:20
Hallmark movies and television commercials portray a profusive Christmas, one is which the tree is weighted down with sparkling ornaments, the gifts are piled one atop the other and the relatives pour through the door, sniffing the aromas of a homemade dinner.
For many, this does not depict their Christmas. There are family estrangements and deaths. There are painful addictions that imprison some. There are bare cupboards, no gifts or painful loneliness. Nursing homes, hospital rooms or prison cells often do not resonate with such joy.
Do you hear a knocking at your door? The King of Kings longs to come in and dine with you, just the way you are. No tree? That's fine; Jesus is the ever-green source of abundant life. No lights? No problem; your Guest is the Light that shines in the darkness. No fine meal with bread and wine? He provides all that is needed to be satisfied. His body is the bread; his blood, the wine.
Isaiah 55:1 says, "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost." The greatest gift of all is God's free gift of grace. Just answer the door!
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