Christmas: Choose.

When we think of Christmas, remember the first word that perhaps the redemption, because through the birth of Jesus we have access to our Father as true sons. But this Christmas, in particular, what struck me was the word choice. The Bible says that the cross was already known before the foundation of the world. Thus, The Lord knew that his son would be killed for the redemption of mankind. Father risked for us. He gave us full freedom to make choices. And gave us the freedom to make the best choice: to be by his side, and being treated like children.

The choice came before the redemption. Because in truth, the Lord has chosen to love us. The Lord has chosen, instead of treating us like babies or robots, as He chose us to be: Free! He chose to give us eternal life but just want to give it to children who CHOOSE TO BE WITH HIM. Jesus chose to obey the father. Chose to die. He chose to save humanity. And the most important lesson that needs noting is that in the Lord, despite His power and authority, the right to be free to CHOOSE. He chose us. But we also need to choose our Father is a relationship where we always give less because of our failures, but the relationship needs to be truthful with us and dad.

The choice we made that day when the Lord decided it would be the center of our life to make sense until the end of our journey. My sincere prayer is that we see the father as a loving father and thirsty for giving us the best and do the best for us. Our choice to be with Him is the best choice. And finally we shall see Him as "Prepare the way of the Lord," Isaiah said ... That is what we do. But to see him the choice must be made. And we've done ours.

Transplante now!

It's amazing how many things they have memorized over the life! Our brain keeps things we do not even know that there is stored. The Father created us just to perfection and excellence! Glory to God for He has been endowed with intelligence and have distributed so many talents that are developed with our mind.

But we have used this capability very badly, unfortunately. We guarded events, words, people who have wronged us. Like the attic debris guard, we saved a little love and mercy, and much hatred and unforgiveness. Instead of letting ourselves be used by God, we have ceased to be used by the wounds of life, contempt, pain and indifference. And instead of fighting it, we have saved and buried alive within us all. Instead of a heart, we have an attic that holds rubbish, things that are often forgotten but alive inside the house that can be used again at any moment, according to the need of the house.

God wants to take away our hearts of stone and give a heart of flesh, as it did with the disciple Peter. Peter was rude, unfriendly and no manners with people. He was known for being rude and violent. But he decided to replace the old attic by a heart of flesh that feels, who loves, lives and serve God and people. And so, he lived according to the will of the Father, in faith and love. He lived to serve the people of God. He lived to preach the gospel, because his heart was inflamed by the truths of the gospel. But this only happened when he decided to surrender your attic to the God who takes care of hearts destroyed and full of bad things. We all go through that and this is perhaps our biggest struggle: to forgive and forget. But we must be the church that we are called to be: pure and immaculate. And our God will be with us and transform us from glory to glory, in His perfect time, that He may be glorified through us and through us.

My prayer today is that God will change your feelings making you sensitive to him, his people and the lost. May you have a new heart and begin to feel as he feels, walk as He walks, talking as he speaks, think as He thinks ... That is our desire to be like the Lord, who despite not being human, has a heart of flesh, a heart that feels deeply our pains and loves us so overwhelming. So he gets the transplant now!

May God bless you this day.