This Christmas morning, after reading Luke 2, my dad thanked the Lord in prayer for "all the loot" we were about to open. I'm not sure I remember much of the rest of the prayer... the humor of his choice of words had distracted me too much. We were all barely able to keep from cracking up while he was praying, and when he finished we all busted out laughing. However, I realized that we have much more than our gifts to be thankful for: we are Jesus' loot.
Loot is stuff taken in battle--the spoils of the victor--and Isaiah 53:10-12 makes it so clear that we are Jesus' loot. He bore our sins, we're his offspring--those who have been justified. If we weren't his loot, then there'd be no real reason to celebrate Christmas. So this year, we're thankful for Christmas loot.
Enjoy your loot!
Posted by swanson at december 25, 2004 4:33 EM