Merry Christmas

Sebastian Bach

Tolstoy

Nelson Mandela

Bill Clinton

Malcom X

Jesus Christ

You might not agree with all the politics on this list. Or you might not appreciate fine art. But what do all these men have in common. A beginning steeped in poverty and without a natural father to raise them. They were by societies definitions the cast offs the misfits. The kids nobody wanted to raise. Even Jesus . Joseph balked at first it took a visit from an angel who told him to raise Jesus as his son. So the fact he was there was nothing extraordinary. Nobody in this room would argue with a direct messenger from God. What is extraordinary is the fact that none of the people on this list accepted their circumstances in life. They became great and achieved greatness because they overcame and persevered.

Despise not the day of humble beginnings. Never arrive at a place of achievement in life and stay. And when society and family and friends doubt you in your dreams which they will don’t believe their report believe Gods report.

Jesus your just a carpenter. Jesus why do you go to the temple to debate with educated men when your just the son of Mary and Joseph. Can you imagine all the doubters out there who spoke into the life of Jesus. Who reminded him that he came into this world in a barn. Can you imagine how even he might have doubted his true identity if he spent time in his family tree much. There was  Rahab a prostitute.  There was Bathsheba an adulterous. But he did not he knew his identity ..He had a vision for His life…and He pushed to new levels and new levels.

The difference between Jesus and us ..is not the fact that He was God on Earth. Because we have that same ability The Holy Spirit dwells in us. But that He did not get bitter towards the people who doubted Him. And He did not get distracted by things that are pointless and irreverent to the direction He knew His life was meant to go. And he never got complacent.  Of all the homeless people to ever walk this Earth Jesus Christ was the one who said we can do it. To all the fatherless kids out there Jesus Christ is the one who with his life says you can do it. To all the people who come from unlikely circumstance but have a dream of achieving greatness Jesus Christ says look past your circumstance and focus on the goal and YOU 2 CAN change the world. The greatest gift on Earth to give is hope. And the life of Christ is that hope. We can overcome drug addiction. We can overcome time in prison. We can overcome our parents abusing us. We can overcome because of the over comer that is in us. Don’t be fooled by the street signs that read dead end in your life. Because through Jesus you can do all things. 

                                                Merry Christmas.