The other day I was reading to my almost 5-year old granddaughter, Raegan, the story ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’. I was using my best grandpa voice, building excitement as we went. There were no pictures with the online version I was reading from, and she seemed captivated. After I had finished, she said with awe, “I’ve never heard that story before”.

Well, I know she’s heard it, because I read it to her last year. But, with a child, the story is always brand new. It never gets old.

The Bible is like that. There is always some nuance that I hadn’t noticed before. Although the stories are not new to me, their applications to real life are always new and revealing. This is why its called the “Living Word”. Anita and I can read the same story in God’s Word and it says one thing to her, but something entirely different to me.

Let me encourage you to sit down and reread the Christmas story…a little slower this time. Think about how its worded, the sequence of action, the way things are worded. Read between the lines and consider the context. I’ll bet dollars to donuts that God teaches you something new this time. Try it and let me know what God says to your heart.