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Where is our heart? ...

Thursday, Dec 11, 2014. I think the situation in our towns in December can be used as an image for our inner situation. There is a lot about Christmas, a lot of lights, songs, decoration. But our heart is far away from it! It is just external, but not fully reaching us.

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Where is our heart …

Where is our heart, when it comes to Christmas? For most of us Christmas is first some time where we have holiday, where we meet family, where we travel. It is a time where many Christmas parties take place, where social interaction is taking place.

Is Christmas a time where God can reach us in a special way? Is it a time where he can talk to us, where he comes into our life? Is it a time where he changes us?

The whole Christmas story is about God coming to us. In and with Jesus God wants to come to you personally, to me personally. He wants to be the centre of our life - since he is the living God and creator of the Universe. It is time to open our hearts and to change and be changed.

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Our current situation …

Often, God seems to be far. In the best case we attend church on a Sunday. But is God the God of Sundays only? He wants to be our God on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays. He wants to be in our life, wants to shape it and to guide it!

Recently I had some prayer time, where I came back to this question: what about God and all the different parts of my life? Where is he there? But God wants to be in all parts of my life. He wants to influence my daily behaviour at my workplace in the same way as he wants to be there on Sundays. He wants to shape me all the time, my interaction with other people, my reactions, goals, plans, decisions.

Christmas is very good news. God's mercy is strong. His love is deep. And he is the almighty God, with possibilities we cannot dream of. (RWEP) ... more texts

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