Nate & Kristen’s Weblog

Because of the Christmas season I’ve been thinking about the birth of Jesus and how awesome it is that God made himself a servant and came and experienced life as we do. I was reading a book a while back that was talking about the implications of Jesus being born of a virgin. The one that made an impression on me was that it shows that salvation can never come through human effort but must be the super natural work of God. God could have brought Jesus into the world any way He wanted but he chose to affirm the message of the Old Testament that salvation can only come through Him.
Isaiah 43:11 “I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me there is no savior.”
Its in light of this that we can read Luke 2:11 and rejoice in the fact that our God came to us as a little baby to bring salvation to all men. “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

“Jesus the Messiah”
Some how this phrase seems more powerful than the traditional ways we refer to our Saviour. It spurs me to think of the significance of His life and fills me with thankfulness.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14

Today marks the day back in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was signed by representatives of the thirteen colonies that became the Unites States of America. It was an act of genius and bravery that, in my opinion, has never been matched in American politics.

With the last stanza of Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson I salute the United States’ forefathers and thier incredible determination for freedom,

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.