ahh when i first watched this video like a month ago, i cried.
i feel like my christmas, alotta times, becomes overshadowed by gifts, lots of food, and ski trips and shopping. which is totally fine, cause well, dude. i like to eat. and presents aren't bad either. haha.
but where is Jesus? well duh, christmas is the birth of Jesus. but it's more than that. i mean Jesus' birthday is pretty much the most important birthday ever. like more important than all the gifts and birthday surprises we do for our friends. even i forget that sometimes.
this video really breathes the presence of Jesus. it touches my heart. it brings the classical nativity scene to life. like how determined mary and joseph were to find a place to stay. and how there was no room for them. anywhere. kinda like my heart, and how a lotta times, its so distracted and has no room for Jesus to come in and dwell and find a resting place. but Jesus' love is relentless. He doesn't stop trying. and as i give in, He always finds a way into my heart.
and joseph's urgency and desperation to find a place, even if it was in a filthy manger. who is this king of glory? God of the universe, born in a dirty barnhouse thingy with hay and poop and other junks. no good.
and when baby Jesus was born, the beam light that shone from the sky. just the sense of God's favor and glory shining down from heaven, upon joseph and mary and the entire scene. the joy on mary and joseph's face, as the wisemen and shepherds were captivated and drawn to that bright beam, which really felt like a little opening of heaven. the beginning of open heaven, as Jesus ushers in the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. the beginning of an end to all suffering, sin, pain, condemnation on earth. a scene words cannot describe.
so beautiful
this is the birth of the Jesus i live for.
the Jesus that loves me and lives inside me,
the Jesus, who 33 years later, died on the cross for me.
the Jesus i gave my life to,
my king,
the Jesus i love so much.
Jesus,
so worthy,
to sing hallelujah,
at the top of my lungs
happy birthday, Jesus
