The Child Who Changes Eternity

A few years ago a good friend of mine wrote a beautiful Christmas song.  The chorus of the song is as follows...

Oh come let us adore Him,
the child who changes eternity.
With the Angels sing glory on high,
for the same on earth shall ever be.
Hallelujah and Amen
All praise to the Father and to this child...His Son.

Today is Christmas, a time for people to come together and worship the Child who changed eternity.  Without Christ, Christmas is really just another day.  But because of the child in a manger, it is the start of our story.  So many people, Christians included look at Easter as the start of their story with God.  Easter is a great day, and it is the start of our Eternal life story with God in Heaven.  Christmas though is the start of our fleshly, earthly life with Christ.  Christ came to the world in the form of a baby.  He could have come as a power warrior and quickly killed off all the evil in the world, but He came as an innocent child.  Christ took on flesh, to show us that we have a story to share on earth and as we walk this journey in our flesh we must keep sharing how the King of kings left His throne for us and walked this earth as a testament to how we must live our lives full of grace and truth.

I am less than a month away from getting on a plane to Lesotho and continuing the journey God gave in October of 2009.  Because of the desire God has placed on my heart to love all the children of the world, I will be leaving my "safe" lifestyle in Zeeland and jumping into a dangerous, radical, dependent relationship with God.  Not everyone is called to do this.  Some people's dangerous lifestyle is in Zeeland, some people it is in their house with their families and for some people it is on the other side of the world.  Wherever your radical journey with God goes, you must take it.  Jesus came to give us a full life (John 10:10), not an easy life or a safe life.  Not living the journey or mission God has for you is not fully embracing the power of the manger and what it represents.

I will be taking off January 21 and Lord willing, getting to BG on the 23rd.  BG and Lesotho are in hard place right now.  Adoptions are closed and children are in need.  BG is currently over it's maximum capacity, but how do you turn away a child who needs to be loved?  Please be in prayer for the staff, the children, the director and myself as we strive to care and love these precious gifts of God.  Please also be in prayer for the journey God has for me there.  Everyday is full of unknowns and I want to be completely open to what God's desire is for me at BG.

If you would like to purchase my friend's song, you can at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/robstamchrislowe.  All proceeds will be donated to my missionary fund.