i'm coming back

Typically, people count down the twelve days of Christmas. With all the lords-a-leaping, and everything, and all its hidden meanings about the Bible. But today, I'm starting a sixteen days of Christmas. Yes! Even more fun-filled days of Christmas. I want to celebrate Jesus every day until Christmas because it's so much more than a "candle lighting ceremony" at church. I'm doing this because for me, I get caught up in "Christmas" and I want Christmas this year to be a little more devoted. 

On the sixteenth day of Christmas, my true love said to me "I'm coming back." 

When Jesus died and came back to life and hung out with everyone, he told them he was going to go prepare a place. He said there's lots of rooms in his father's house, and he was going to fix it all up and come back for us. The little bit I know about God is that he never breaks a promise - and his son probably won't either. When he says he is coming back, he means it. I am so excited about this!! In fact, it gives me a joy that comes from nothing else except him - I can't create this joy myself. I know exactly what I'm going to do when he comes back: run into his arms and say "thank you thank you thank you... thank you for finding me."