Christmas Message
Have you ever had one of those moments, where you have seen something a million times, but you finally "got it?" It happened to me last weekend watching the story of Christmas. The ending of two insanely busy weeks, I had an opportunity to be a part of our church Christmas musical. Music was just the thing I needed to let me take a deep breath and get in the mood for the holiday season. I didn't realize I also needed a fresh message from something I had heard a million times before. Mary delivered our precious Savior in a stable, tired, surrounded by animals...yes, I've heard it before. Spotlight shining on her alone, as part of a monologue, the beautiful young lady playing Mary said, "I did the best I could." "I did the best I could." The perfectionist inside cried aloud, "I did the best I could." The most perfect thing that happened on this earth was carried out with an unwed teenage mother, in a stable far from home, who d...