God Is With Us

Amazing God, greater than the universe itself and yet as close to us as our every breath, we offer up our adoration today at the wonder of your love shown in the Christ Child!!  By our own efforts, we could never approach you; but you have come to us, taken on our human flesh, and drawn us into an eternal relationship with you.  How can we ever be worthy of such love?  Yet you have called us your children, and have overcome our weakness and our shortcomings.  Help us to live as your children; help us to be loving like you; help us to be forgiving like you; help us to to reach out to others as you do.   Bathe us, O God, in the love, joy and peace of Christmas which gives us hope for the present and for the future.  In Jesus' name we pray.  Amen.