Today is the eve of the most significant day this world has ever experienced or known.  Yet, this very day starts like all others.  It is dark outside, coffee is made, furnace is running due to the cold of outside, Kathy is still snuggled in bed and I’ve finished my devotions and ready to write this blog.  Yet, what is truly different is what makes tomorrow so significant.  We see an earthly king with pomp and circumstance.  Christ came with none.  His Kingdom is Spiritual.  Only man wanted it to be earthly.  His pomp and circumstance is personal.  The freedom He gives is internal and not external.  His laws and control are provided by a gift provided within us–The Holy Spirit who leads and guides from a “still small voice”.

This morning’s Bible reading is Romans 5.  This is the chapter that has always started the guilt trips for me in the past.  Even the first verse has always made me question my relationship with God.  The “right standing” it talks about is one I always saw as a hope rather than a reality.  Little did I understand that until I let the circumcision of the veil I used to hide behind be cut away, I could never know the right standing with God my Father.  The promise of peace and freedom which man celebrates as a human for our country’s leader/s is all intrinsic with our spiritual leadership from God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.  The “peace of reconciliation” still spoken in verse 1 was also just a hope for me until of late.  I could have a momentary belief that the truth of this reconciliation and right standing were possible for me.  Yet, hours later I’d be convinced that, no, this just couldn’t be.  I had too many lies screaming in my head.

This morning, I am not momentarily free.  I am free indeed as is stated in John 8:36.  Romans was never written to be a hope of a relationship with God.  It was written by Paul the apostle as a template for clarifying how this walk is possible.  Now I am able to accept what Paul is saying as true also for me.  I also know that it is true for you.  Lets believe it together.  The Christ who set us free is being celebrated the world over.  Lets join this celebration knowing the Prince of Peace (peace that passeth all understanding) is HERE.  (This makes me tear up).  How I love and adore Him.  Thank You Father, Son and Holy Spirit.