If You Weren’t Such A Mess!
By Shayne O’Brien IF YOU WEREN’T SUCH A MESS! Life can be messy can’t it. In fact, if life weren’t messy, there would have been no need for Christmas. If you weren’t such a mess, no offense, there would have been no need for Christmas. If I wasn’t such a mess, there would be no need for Christmas. For God so loved this messy world, He showed up. WE are why there’s a Christmas! But the story of Christmas didn’t start in a manger—it started a few thousand years before all that when God promised Abraham, “Through you, all nations on earth will be blessed.” Jesus’ arrival, that we celebrate at Christmas, fulfilled that promise, because Jesus showed up to Bless the World. But here’s the question: If the arrival of Jesus blessed the world, shouldn’t those of us who call ourselves Jesus’ followers bless the people around us? The world is better off because Jesus showed up, for goodness' sake, shouldn’t it also be better off wherever His followers show up? So if you are thi...