we wish you merry christmas...

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior this week and look forward to 2011, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


from The Bagley's

you are the reason for the season...

You are the reason for the season.

I realize that might seem like a strange thing to say this time of year.  After all, that’s not what we see on the billboards and bumper stickers, wrapping paper, and cards this time of year.

That statement doesn’t make much sense unless you really consider why we have a Christmas.

You see, I’m the reason for the season.  If it weren’t for people like me, you wouldn’t be getting all the presents you’ll receive this week.  If it weren’t for people like me you wouldn’t be preparing to celebrate with friends and family this week.  If it weren’t for people like me, God would have never had to send his Son into this world.  But it’s because of people like me and it’s because of people like you; it’s because of your friends and relatives that we even have a Christmas.

When God saw my sin, and your sin, and the sin of this world…

His response wasn’t judgment, thunder and destruction…

His response…He gave His son.

If it weren’t for my sin and the mess I was in, He wouldn’t have come at all. 

You see, the sin of this world and the mess we find ourselves in isn’t a disruption to Christmas.  It is the very reason for Christmas.

Let me sum it up this way…

For God so loved the world.

And here’s Christmas part… 

That He gave his only begotten Son.  That whosoever believes in Him,

That means anyone who would put their faith, and trust and confidence in Him.

Would not perish, but have ever lasting life.

You see, I have something in common with every single person I will gather with this week to celebrate Christmas.  That we collectively are the reason for the season.  We are the reason that God sent His Son into the world.

Has there ever been a greater gift?

You really are the reason for this incredible season.