The Christmas Road to Eden

We begin the celebration of Christmas tomorrow, the holiday commemorating the birth of Christ. And, of course, what many acknowledge is the shadow of the cross over the sweetness of the manger...that Jesus' birth was the beginning of the march toward his death for our sins.

Many Christians are satisfied with that as the complete story, and their lives are framed around it. They are sinners, saved by grace.

Ohhhh, but there is so much more!

The sweet little baby...the suffering Hero of our hearts...point us all the way back to our human beginning. The garden where a man and a woman walked with God...where He told them who they were...where they believed in and knew His goodness. Their lives were framed around it. They were sons and daughters marked by destiny.

As you sit in the experience of the manger this year, may you hear the beckoning of our beginning and continue on the Christmas Road to Eden.