My son is coming to visit us this weekend.
So last night I got the guest room ready for him. I was making sure everything was just right for his visit. He lives about 3 hours away and is having car issues, so now I will drive 3 hours to go get him and then bring him back to stay with my wife and I.
Getting the room ready, and traveling 3 hours to pick him up (and 3 hours back) are a pleasure to me, because he is my son, and I love him. I'm excited to see him, even bought him an early Christmas gift!
While I was doing this, I could not help but think about the Lord. What Jesus is doing now, at this very moment.
"My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." John 14:3-4 (NIV)
Jesus is preparing a place for all of us, far more beautiful than anything we can imagine. He knows we are not able to get to that place on our own, so he will come one day and bring us there.
And the Christmas gift he gives us, is nothing less than himself.
