For some, Christmas is the experience of great joy, surrounded by love and peace.  For others, it is an experience of great pain, as they are separated from their loved ones here on Earth, their dreams have been dashed, and their sufferings seem endless.  Wherever you find yourself this Christmas use this time as a reflection of His Majesty in your life.

Today I want to speak to those who are downcast.  Those who feel lonely and wanting.  Those who are grieving, in transition and working through life’s obstacles.  Be encouraged, today as you read…

…As I awake this morning, I am met face to face with the circumstances of my life and the taunts of the enemy. I feel heaviness all around.  When I purpose to figure things out, all I see are my faults and the faults of others and I wonder exactly who is to blame.  My mind is confused, my emotions are raw, my path feels uncertain.  I constantly face reproach, ridicule, and scorn within and without.  I wonder how long my enemies will be allowed to triumph over me?

So, good morning Lord!  Today, I come to you as I am and I bring You all of this.  This pile of blah and grief and frustration and yuck and failure and pain.   I lay these burdens at Your feet and I choose to turn my gaze upward…

…There I am reminded of Your mercy and Your salvation.  I choose to set my heart and my mind on things above.  I refuse to allow my heart to be troubled and I will not fear because of the hope that you came to give me.

Today I surrender all control.  I surrender what I hoped life would be like for me.  I surrender all of my dreams, all that I am and ever hope to be.  I know that I have no right to anything.  In and of myself, I deserve nothing… but Hell.  I acknowledge my need…

Today I am making a choice to silence all voices in the presence of the One true Majesty!

• The One who came to Earth and died just for me!
• The One who humbled Himself and was humiliated beyond understanding so that I could be empowered against His enemies.
• The One who knows I don’t deserve anything, but still wants to give me all things freely.
• The One who is my hope, has adopted me as His own,  has taken all of the reproach that I am to face in this world upon Himself.
• The One who has taken on the trouble of this world and overcome it so I can have life.
• The One who fights my battles, crushes my enemies and conquers my foes.
• The One who has conquered death, hell, and the grave so I never have to face that type of hopelessness.
• The One who has offered me a home in His heart here on Earth and an eternal Home in His Presence.
• The One who numbers my hairs and saves my tears.
• The One whose benefits cannot be counted…

…This is my Majesty!

Everything I have put my hope in, I now see how vain and meaningless it is.  Not one of those things has laid down all that it is to see me completely victorious and completely free.  You are my Majesty, Jesus.

I worship You with all that I am, all that I have, all that I ever hope to be.  I praise You for who You are today and I thank You for what You have done and what You will do.

Happy Birthday My Majesty.  Happy Birthday to You.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our home to yours friends!

Flourish and prosper in His presence.  Move forward in freedom and peace.  Allow all that He died to give you be yours today.  Believe Him and live!  Trust Him and experience fullness!  Receive His love freely and freely give!  You are treasured and valued and prized and righteous and blessed abundantly in Christ!!

Resolve to learn what that means this year, above all else…

Love, Melissa