Christmas time

Wow, I haven't posted anything on here in a really long time. Its much over do. I have been so busy with work and Epic and now Epic Youth that I really have no free time. And free time is when I tend to write. Anyway, I love the things I'm involved in. There is nothing better than seing someone elses kids eating oreos off of a window, or run into chairs repeatedly, or fall down for no apparent reason (haha green Melanie). I love spending time with students on sunday nights. Its alot of fun and alot of work, but I'm starting to not mind the work. There are so many things that are going on a students lives that they just bubble over with laughter and silliness. For the next couple of weeks we're going to be talking about christmas and the story behind the story. This week we talked about the first part of the story. The part where Joseph has to walk eighty miles to bethlehem with a pregnant Mary (which I sure by the time they got there Mary was not very merry)on the back of donkey just to pay taxes. Well, of course we know the real reason was. But the crazy part is that when they got there there was no room for them. No one would take them in. So, they had Jesus in a barn (more like a leanto) and put in the very thing that animals eat out of. THis is our King, our Savior, our ticket to heaven, the one the only Messiah and He's sleeping in a manger. Do you realize the reason there was room in the inn? It was because there wass no room any where. The only place for Jesus in His day was on a cross. Jesus came looking for a way into the over crowded hearts of man, but He could not find any room. We've rejected Him, told Him theres no room in my life for you in here, go away. And so, Jesus' rejection goes on, and yet He is still searching. Thats the real Christmas Story.