The Welcomed Visitor

I start every morning with coffee and God through daily devotions from Our Daily Bread Ministries, https://odb.org. Today’s devotion is titled “A Christmas Visitor” The scripture is from Luke 2:25–33 with the key verse, “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace” Luke 2:29. Amy Boucher Pye wrote this devotion. My beloved children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, brothers, and sisters in Christ, all that I write, I pray first to God to guide my words, so that it may serve as spiritual food and guidance. I want God to be the sole source of my writing, so all the credit goes to Him, not to me. I am only his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as an inspiration for my comments. Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. It can be a male or female. The Grim Reaper is our personified force for death. One common belief is that he causes a person's death to collect their souls. Others believe Specter of Death serves to sever the last ties between the soul and the body and guide the soul the deceased to the afterlife, but no control over the person's death. Maybe this is how Brinker, the character in this devotion thought. Death had been a welcome Christmas visitor who came to take him home to God. What a wonderful way to view death, not as something to fear but to welcome knowing you will have eternal life with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. However, this can only happen if you have saving faith in Jesus through the gift of salvation. Reflect: Why do you think McDougall saw death as a welcome visitor for Brinker? How does Jesus bring you joy and change you? Prayer: Jesus, thank You for ushering in peace through Your death and resurrection. Help me to share Your gift of salvation with someone I know or meet. May God bless you and give you the gift of salvation so you can share your gift with others.

Our Daily Bread Ministries (2019, Dec. 24). A Christmas Visitor, Amy Boucher Pye, retrieved from www.odb.org/2019/24/12 / A Christmas Visitor.