December is for Diving Deeper
Jesus said to them, "I am the Way the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." It may be presumptuous of me to say this, but we have all heard the saying - December is for Christmas. As a child, I can recall so many fond memories of Christmas, but the one that comes to mind so effortlessly is the all-familiar Christmas carols that can be heard from every home as early as mid-November. These carols almost signal to the unconscious mind that something is about to happen or that 'It's here!'. Shortly thereafter, you can bet your dollar that the radio stations across the country will follow suit, and finally the stores. And before you know it, everywhere there's a bell ringing it's Christmas. Almost overnight shops are transformed with the festive decorations and tidbits that we associate with the season of Christmas. At this point, we have been entirely swallowed up - Like Jonah who ran from God and ended up in the belly of the wha