---JESUS WAITS FOR ME...,
...FOR YOU~~

--"The Lord isn't really
being slow about his
promise, as some people
think. No, He is is
being patient for your
sake. He does not want
anyone to be destroyed,
but wants everyone to
repent."--(2 Peter 3:9)~-

--WAITING IN LONG LINES or traffic can 'get to' most of us. We don't like to have to wait.
During the Christmas season we wait. We wait in traffic. We wait in checkout lines to purchase gifts. We wait for family to arrive. We wait to gather around a table filled with our favorite foods. We wait to open presents lovingly chosen.

All of this waiting can be a reminder that Christmas is a celebration of waiting for something much more important than holiday traditions. Like the ancient Israelites, we too are waiting for Jesus. Although He already came as the long-awaited Messiah, He has not yet come as Ruler over all the Earth. So today we wait for Christ's second coming.

Christmas reminds us that God also waits...He waits for people to see His glory, to admit that they are lost without Him, to say yes to His love, to receive His forgiveness, to turn away from sin. While we wait for His second coming, He waits for repentance. What seems to us like God's slowness in coming is instead His patience in waiting (2 Peter 3:9).

The Lord is waiting to have a 'personal relationship' with those He loves. He made the first move when He came as baby Jesus and the sacrificial Lamb. Now He waits for us to welcome Him into our lives as Savior and Lord. The Holy Bible is a Personal Love Letter to Each Person.~~

~~GOD PATIENTLY KEEPS HIS PROMISES. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET ASKED HIM TO BE YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, HE IS WAITING FOR YOU. JESUS LOVES YOU!
--ODB/JLK~~