{"id":1103,"date":"2016-12-14T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/christmas-is-for-children-of-all-ages\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:08:27","slug":"christmas-is-for-children-of-all-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Christmas is for Children — of All Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oh how the memories roll like a film during this time of year when we see a Christmas program, a play, light displays, hear a song or anything that creates a \u201cblast from the past\u201d. That happened for me on Sunday when my two youngest grandsons were in their church\u2019s Children\u2019s Christmas program — singing about the birthday of Jesus.<\/p>\n

That took me back 40+ years ago when I directed the Children\u2019s Christmas programs for our church. Each child was responsible for learning a little Christmas piece. A 3-year old would say something like \u201cI may be small and not very tall, but I know Jesus came to save us all\u201d. And an 8-year old might have said, \u201cChristmas time again, fills our hearts with joy. Love came down to bless every girl and boy. The greatest of stories ever to be told, is Jesus born a baby, what a wonder to behold!\u201d Then we\u2019d sing some Christmas songs that the kids would, with gestures and hand signs, sing with so much cuteness you could hardly stand it. <\/p>\n

My Staci was one of those, who, at about age 3, was so shy that she\u2019d pull her skirt over her head to hide. Who knew that little shy girl, would be so \u201cout there\u201d today, singing and speaking to massive audiences? Oh, God did. <\/p>\n

My son would own the stage and holler out \u201cHi Mom! Hi Dad!\u201d Who knew he would grow up to be an entrepreneur and speak to audiences like he did this last Sunday? Oh, God did. <\/p>\n

Who knew that my two children, donned in their Christmas Children\u2019s Choir outfits in this photo, two typical siblings who aggravated each other with such pointless matters more times than I could count, would come together and create businesses that would make life better for so many? Oh, God did.<\/p>\n

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And those children that I saw last Sunday at Expression Church, so adorable, in their Sunday best, singing the words to those songs that spoke about faith for today and hope for tomorrow all because of a newborn King. Because He lives, those kids have a future and a hope \u2013 no matter whether they were on the front row because they liked the limelight, or the back row, because they prefer to be in the background. God holds their tomorrows and don\u2019t be surprised that right in the that group of kids are doctors, lawyers, politicians, moms, dads, entrepreneurs, pastors, teachers. Who knows where they\u2019ll end up? Oh, God does. <\/p>\n

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Our Creator and He who is a KNOW IT ALL has the master plan for those kids\u2019 lives and yours and mine \u2013 all because He loves us all so much. How do we know that? Christmas. The Creator of ALL, Master of ALL, God of ALL became flesh and gets us\u2026..so much so that He sees us from our beginning to our ending. Who could love us so much and want the best for us like that? Oh, God does.<\/p>\n

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