Finals, Winter Break, and the Birth of Jesus (Christmas)

These past couple of weeks I have had a hectic couple of weeks. Along with school finals and studying (I tried I really did!) and going to work which means working later hours for the Christmas season AND trying to maintain having at the top of my list God I have forgotten about this blog. I've only reviewed two books and that's sad because I have read of lot of books! A lot of them and I haven't written a sentence if I liked them or not. I kind of read books like how some people binge eat, I read so much that I don't even take time to let that book digest in my head. So I really want to buckle down and limit my free time book reading to one a week-and this is going to be a huge struggle.

I am officially on winter break for the next six weeks! So long! I am so pumped! I also have a lot of reading to do just for my classes so I know I have a lot of time to get those done. I was going to post something last Sunday but my computer had a meltdown. It wouldn't turn on and I was devastated and just frustrated because finals was the next WEEK! I mean how am I suppose to write essays? By hand?!?!?!? God really taught my patience that day. I went into church real frustrated but at the end I was totally calm I told God, "Ok God, I know this was all apart of your plan. So I'm going to do my best to go along with it and take it as a blessing. Bare with me here." Yet, the moment I left church I was a crabby mc.crabster to my family. I mean gross who likes being rude to their own family? Not me for sure! So I apologized and I had my quite time with God and guess what my computer came back to life! It was a miracle. Praise God and His greatness!

It's beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas~!

Yay the holidays! This is my  most fav holiday ever! I mean it's the birth of our Savior Jesus! This holiday shows the great love that God has for us. The story of Jesus' birth starts Luke 2 and it's amazing. The whole story. Jesus came down from Heaven to be born a child, Jesus could have came down just as he was, be the most richest man in the world, but he didn't and that gets me choked up. Christmas is basically God saying, "I love you", "I am for you", and "I am for you" and John 3:16 says exactly that, but I also want to add in the next verse John 3:17 which says,

"God did not send His son to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

 So if you're reading this and don't believe in Jesus as the Son of God who died for our sins. That he was just another man I just want to challenge you with one thing. Imagine the greatest love you have ever felt, was it amazing? Well that love pales in comparison to God's. The feeling you experienced that was the most loved you ever felt might not last forever but God's will. Christmas is God also saying that He is always there for us so there is no need to feel alone. Matthew 1:23 says, "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel-which means, "God with us." 

God is everywhere. I really like how C.S.Lewis described God's presence.

“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him."

I hope this was somewhat fun to read. I'm always learning something new when it comes to God. I pray that you have a wonderful and safe Christmas and New Year's!

In His Loving Name, 
Taylor