Central Baptist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia

There is something so special about gathering around the Christmas tree on Christmas morning and opening presents. Everyone is excited to give and to receive, hoping the present they give is just the right gift. The truth is what makes that morning so special isn’t necessarily the gifts or the tree – it’s the time together. In a lot of ways that’s what we really want from God too isn’t it? To know and to be reminded of the fact that He is here now. In fact, that’s just the promise the prophet Isaiah would give to the king of Judah. And that promise is for us as well.