Christmas is a time for joy, happiness, and memories. Of course, Christmas isn’t just about peppermint flavored beverages and hoping for snow. It’s about sweet baby Jesus being born in the manger and coming to save us all from sin. Yet sometimes we forget about that. I mean, I would say that it’s easy to forget how we are made in His image. We are supposed to live our lives like Jesus, and sometimes I think we forget that. I certainly do. 2 Corinthians 3:18 reminds us that we have an unveiled face that reflects God’s glory, and we are being transformed into His likeness with ever increasing glory. The more I think about that, the more it absolutely amazes me. When Christ died the veil was torn. Humanity was able to have a closer relationship with God and approach His throne. Not only is it absolutely amazing that we are being transformed into His likeness, but it doesn’t matter who we are. He can still use us. And lastly, with ever increasing Glory, things are only getting better because we know Christ has done the hard part for us, all we have to do is accept Him. See, with all these extraordinary things in this verse alone, how is it that we so easily forget it? Especially around Christmas? Advent is always an interesting time for me: the count down, the excitement, the endless candy canes received. Even in the most random verses like this one, we are shown over and over again the love of God; that a really long time ago He sent this little baby to save us all so we could one day get to enjoy His company in Heaven.
Clara Timmons