Why would there be a Christmas day in heaven? I know that our purpose for living is to worship and glorify God. In heaven there is no day. There is no night. Eternity stretches forever and as the old hymn says "when we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun....we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we've first begun." I have no way of knowing (but Lynda does).
We will continue to celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25th and will worship and adore Him. We will read the old, old story about our savior being born to Mary and Joseph and how shepherds followed the star to meet the new king. I will still think of it as Lynda's first Christmas in heaven.
But the truth of the matter is more awesome than we can wrap our minds around. My sweet Lynda who has never been able to ask a question or speak more than a few words is now perfect and whole. She is able to recognize and know all who are in heaven and can sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to him tell the stories she's never heard. She can dance and sing and praise God. She can hug her Daddy and can talk to her angels who have cared for her almost 42 years on earth.
All of this is possible because God sent His son to earth for us. Because God Himself walked among humans knowing that one day He would die on a cross for the world's sins. No sin of His own. Just ours. The ornament shows the Christmas story where Mary and Joseph obeyed God and held God Himself in their human arms.
I look at that ornament this Christmas and think about my baby being in heaven with THE baby that changed the world and rules the universe. It takes my breath away. What a gift heaven is with God forever and forever.
Merry Christmas, Lynda.
Merry Christmas!
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