Merry Christmas!

Dear Unity Family,

“ Yet he has made an everlasting covenant with me.”

2 Samuel 23:5

I wonder if author fathomed what he meant when he wrote this verse. It is certainly prophetic. When Jesus arrived in a stable and went to the cross, he manifested that everlasting covenantal promise.

Everlasting is an amazing word. It goes beyond our finite sense of time. It makes the uncomfortable parts of life fade like a mist.

I remember learning about covenants in 7^th grade Bible class. When God made his covenants he did so, knowing we had no way of upholding our end of the deal.

That makes the stable and the cross even more amazing.

Rejoice with me. We serve a God who is faithful in His covenant promises, and eternally everlasting. And we are invited to live and fellowship with Him!

Merry Christmas,

Wayne Dykstra

He Came Anyway

Dear Parents,

As Christmas approaches, I feel the tension in myself to steer away from the worship of our King to the pursuit of what I am going to spend my Christmas bonus on. Do you suffer from the same tension?

I stumbled across this Max Lucado quote this morning.

“There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn’t keep him from coming.”

― Max Lucado, America Looks Up

What I love more and more about God, is His ability to look past our misguided priorities. He came into our lives “while were yet sinners” and removed our sins – past, present and future. He came in spite of our mess. He lived in our mess and redeemed us from it.

I will Sing of My Redeemer is not a typical Christmas hit that you will hear on the radio, but you can sing it. Sing it because “he came anyway.”

May His love unwrap in your life like an ongoing Christmas present.

Merry Christmas Unity Family,

W. Dykstra