How God Answered My Question: What Should I Focus on for Lent?
We Need Christmas Because We Need a Savior
Why do we need Christmas? Because we need a Savior.
I think I have a new understanding of Advent and Christmas. Christmas is about salvation and Advent is a season in which we ask and wait for our Lord to set us free.
This Advent, what do you need to be set free from?
Recently, I came to recognize my own need for a Savior because I can’t set myself free. I can’t set myself free from the bondage. I can’t set myself free from my wounds. I can’t set myself free from my sins. I’ve tried and I can’t. But Christ can.
We can’t do this by ourselves.
Have you ever tried to overcome a sin without God? Have you ever tried to overcome a weakness on your own? I have. I failed...quite miserably.
We need a Savior. Only He can heal us. We need to be saved from ourselves -- from our sins, from our weaknesses, and from our brokenness. God knows that.
We need a Savior to deliver us.
We need a Savior to make us whole.
We need a Savior to heal us.
We need Christmas because we need Jesus. Come, Lord Jesus, and set us free.
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About the Author
Katie Zalany lives in Cleveland Ohio. She is a Third Order Secular Franciscan (OFS), spiritual director, benefits/wellness leader, certified health and life coach, and SVDP volunteer. She is the creator of the ministry Women in Waiting | Made for Fruitfulness and is the published author of Called to Corporate. Her writing interests and focus areas include Gospel reflections, Franciscan spirituality, women's spirituality, prayer, and integration of faith and daily living.
