Thankful in trouble and pain.  Lord that I would see Your hand at every elbow in this road of life.  That I would have a joyous heart on the field of battle, looking forward to approaching victory.  May my life be a light for others to quizzically follow leading to Your Love.  May I never walk alone remaining aware of Your unrelenting presence.  May I hold tight to the hands of those who stumble, supporting, loving, encouraging them in their triumphs and trials.  May I be found worthy of the gift, having accepted the underlying challenge of re-gifting to as many as will listen and believe.  Give us this day a memory of Your great love for mankind, demonstrated by a miracle birth, a joyous walk, a devout heart of prayer and service, leading to freedom from sin and death through a life voluntarily surrendered and retaken.  You are alive and today we celebrate Your birth among us for the purpose of a gift none deserved but all needed.  May we all find hope, forgiveness and challenge in Your sacrificial blessing.

I am not meant to know the end but know that the end is coming and it shall be as You’ve foretold.  For faith, devotion and belief are our greatest treasures, basking in the knowledge of the future, enjoying the bounty of the present and healed from the wounds of our past.  What may I give that I have not first been given?  I am assured, my worry removed, leaving tomorrow in concern for itself.  May all choose to be set free from their personal prisons, being emancipated from their custom designed bondage.  I do not remember my sin, but watch for it as I stumble into the mires of my own life.  Forgive me as I trespass against You and against my fellow humans in an attempt to be good enough, having been fooled momentarily by deception.  Let me see with eyes of discerning Truth.

May You richly bless those who await Your Coming.  May Your Glory be represented in Power, Authority and Clarity from the mouths of babes, pastors and prophets.  May the news of Your Grace be found written in bold print across the internet for a waiting world.  Oh, that Your Love be felt by all so that they might accept hope, foundation and faith.  This day I celebrate Your Birth as a man which brought real-world proof of Your Promised Salvation.  On this day several thousand years ago You demonstrated the extent of Your Love for all mankind.  You are the living God who loved us enough to leave Glory in order to participate, sacrificially to save Your Creation from eternal separation and darkness.  Into the light I walk my arms outstretched accepting Your embrace.  Thank You for loving us that much.  I pray that I extend that love through Your Powerful Spirit to all I meet.  Praise God in Jesus’ Holy Name.