This Baby Was Jesus

Happy December 1st!

Every year around Christmas, I hear the song "This Baby" by Stephen Curtis Chapman, and I'm always encouraged by it...

Jesus came into this word just as a baby, just like us, yet he was God's son in human form. I love how simple it is to understand, God with us. God wanted to be with us and have that relationship with us. The only way to do that was to send His only begotten son to become flesh like us, live a life that demonstrated what we are to be like, and to die on a cross, bearing our sins so that we may be purified before God. Christ shows us how we are to live and that our lives are not complete without Him! He came to change this world! "Joy to the world the Lord has come!" Are you changed because of Christ? And if you are, are you living a life that reflects Christ and sharing His love? I pray this Christmas season is a sweet reminder to all of us, including myself, that we as Christians have a beautiful gift from the Lord - the gift of a relationship with Him, and we can share it with with others who are lost and need Christ in their lives!

This Baby

Well He cried when He was hungry
Did all the things that babies do
He rocked and He napped on
His mother's lap
And He wiggled and giggled and cooed
There were the cheers when He took His first step
And the tears when He got His first teeth
Almost everything about this little baby
Seemed as natural as it could be

But this baby made the angels sing
And this baby made new star shine in the sky
And this baby had come to change the world
This baby was God's own son
This baby was like no other one
This baby was God with us, This baby was Jesus

And this baby grew into a young boy
Who learned to read and write and wrestle with dad
There was the climbin' of trees and scrapin' of knees
And all the fun that a boy's born to have
He grew taller and some things started changing
Like His complexion and the sound of His voice
There was work to be done as a carpenter's son
And all the neighbors said He's such a fine boy

But this boy made the angels sing
And this boy made a new star shine in the sky
This boy had come to change the world
This boy was God's own son
This boy was like no other one
This boy was God with us

This boy became a man
And love made Him laugh And death made Him cry
With the life that He lived And the death that He died
He showed us heaven with His hands and His heart

'Cause this man was God's own son
This man was like no other one
Holy and human right from the start
This baby made the angels sing
And this baby made a new star shine in the sky

This baby had come to change the world
This baby was God's own son
This baby was like no other one
This baby was God with us
This baby was Jesus!

John 1:14 (NIV) "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."