what do you believe?

With the Christmas season comes the obvious hustle and bustle of gift purchasing, Christmas parties and family gatherings around the dinner table to celebrate the birth of Christ or the descending of a jolly man in a red suit down your chimney, depending on your preference.  Indeed, it is quite the time of year. For us, Christmas is a very special time of year and it reminds us of "why we do what we do".

Of course, many churches will be filled with Christmas sermons this season and most will talk about the virgin birth, the prophecies of old and the gifts brought to the feet of the newly born king.  But let me make one suggestion that doesn’t quite get the attention it deserves.  When God became man he came to make all things new which should beg the question: what do we see that isn’t new?  What isn’t right?

I’m reminded of that famous Christmas hymn and echo sentiment that indeed, ‘the weary soul rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn’.  With the birth of Christ a new era has begun, one in which the weary rejoice because God has become man and changed everything.  The weary understand that everything needs to change because things are not right; things are not as they should be.  But a new and glorious morn has come! 

Our hope at Mustard Seed Canada is to continually remember that because of Jesus, everything is being made new. We’re simply playing our part in the kingdom by loving Indonesian children and their families and journeying with them as they escape the cycle of poverty through education!  Our hope is that they will experience that newness of life for now and for eternity!

Merry Christmas from all of us at Mustard Seed Canada!