I don't know why I said that Jennifer was in Syria.  Probably because I had been watching the news and had it on my mind.  She is in Saudi Arabia.  I wonder how she is going to celebrate Christmas.  Christmas is not on the list of celebrations in Saudi.

Christmas.  Some people would keep the baby in the manger.  It is much more appealing than the grown man on the cross.  But God came to earth to die for us.  He took pity on us.  He humbled himself and became a man--limited in every way as we are.  Going through every stage of life just as we have.  "And (God) being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Philippians 2:8

Some people would say that  Jesus lived a perfect life because he was God.  That it was easy for him.  But he faced every temptation that we do--yet without sin.   He chose to face every temptation.  "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. "  ‎Hebrews 4:16  When Philippians 2:8 says that he became a man--it means just that.  In every sense of the word.

The thing He had that other people didn't have was God within the body of a Human.  The Holy Spirit.  But once Christ saves us--by grace--he gives us his Spirit.  So we have the power to live the life.  We are regenerated.  We are restored.  We no longer are what we once were.  Our "want-to" has been changed forever.

God has written on our hearts.