By now, many of us have heard countless messages of the Christmas story; how Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. The phenomenon of familiarity has set in for us… where we’ve heard it so many times, we start to adopt the perspective of “yeah, I’ve heard that before” and it starts to lose its freshness— not in actuality, but in our minds. We want something new, something unique. So this Christmas, allow me to offer you a fresh perspective of what God is placing in my mind at the close of this year.