Genevieve C. West

I don't have anything to say today. I just need to hear the Gospel of Grace and Freedom today. Maybe you do, too: My past has been redeemed, my present has been empowered, my future has been secured. " To  Be good for goodness sake   is Santa Claus , not Jesus. That's not the Gospel. The Gospel is not , 'be good, do right, because it is right to do right.' The Gospel says, 'because of what God has already done for me in Christ, I am accepted. Therefore, I will inevitably improve because I am a new creation.' "   - Tullian Tchivdjian "So often we think we are not free to come to Christ until we clean ourselves up and have something to offer Him. And yet he wants us to come as we are and let Him do all the work of cleaning us up."  - Michelle Frost "There is no doubt some Christians need to be shaken out of their lethargy. But there are also a whole bunch of Christians who need to be set free from their performa

Spoiler alert: I'm about to ruin Miracle on 34th Street if you've somehow managed to avoid seeing it. This morning I came down the stairs just in time to see the judge declare, "Santa Claus does exist!" The courtroom cheers! The news is announced to the probably illegally gathered group of people crowding the street that "Santa Claus wins!" The mob cheers! The people from the vacated vehicles which are obstructing traffic on the bridge cheer! And I cried a little. A little sob might have even escaped. You see, we've decided that Santa won't be visiting us anymore. Santa still gets to be part of the holidays, just like Rudolph and Frosty, but he doesn't get to be the center of the holiday anymore. This is really hard for me! I grew up with Santa! Evie grew up with Santa! One of my favorite things that I looked forward to at Christmas was staying up late with Eric on Christmas Eve, drinking spiked eggnog, wrapping presents