Messy Christmas Through Surrender

December 15, 2013 - Battlegrounds are messy places. This world is a spiritual battleground, not a playground and there are mangled bodies everywhere, victims of the enemy. Who wants to surrender? Isn’t that a sign of being a loser? Being defeated? Giving up? Submitting to a stronger force? Yes, it is all true, and though it seems so counter-intuitive in our culture, it is the only path to experiencing “The Prince of Peace.”