Take Christmas with you!
Later this month many of us will be packing up our cars with suitcases and gifts, and heading to visit family and friends. In essence, we will be “taking Christmas” with us.
But how many times have we heard the old saying, “The spirit of Christmas lives in our hearts.” Maybe it is one of those cliches that no longer resonates since we have heard it so often, but here is the reality, broken down:
Christmas is about Jesus.
Jesus is about love.
Christmas is in our hearts.
Therefore, Christmas (and love) go with us everywhere!
So as Christians, our reality of Christmas isn’t packed into the back of our SUV, loaded up and ready to head north, south or any other direction. Wherever we go, the love of Christ goes, as does the Christmas spirit.
Only thing is, we need to show it. We need to open up our hearts and let it out.
My stepdaughter, who works at a big department store, commented last year on how amazingly rude everyone was this time of year. She told horror stories of arguments breaking out over sizes, time spent waiting in lines, you name it.
So where was the love? Where was Christ in all of this?
I know, here I go beating that same old drum, but we can’t get dragged into this mess that has become modern Christmas. Suddenly we see Jesus pushed to the back, hidden behind ribbons, bows, and the latest CD from Hannah Montana. We skip our tithe to buy the bike our child really wants. God won’t care, He understands how important it is.
Oh really?
Do you really think that God doesn’t care that we are willing to tromp all over His son’s birthday in the name of a character named Spongebob Squarepants?
Do you think God doesn’t notice that we will go sit down with our children on Christmas Eve and read “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” yet we don’t tell our children the story of the first Christmas?
So take Christmas with you everywhere this season… keep it in your heart to share with others. Not Christmas the way the world says it is, the way the retailers want it to be, but Christmas as it was intended more than 2000 years ago, when a little baby came that changed everything.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I have been trying to put this into practice this holiday season. So instead of cookie decorating with family this Saturday my “peeps” and I will be loading baskets of food and delivering them to families in our area that are struggling at this time. I am very excited to show my daughter that it feels so good to give to others and that their is more to Christmas than presents and Santa.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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GOODBYE CHRISTMAS FOREVER AND ALWAYS AND NEVER A NEW YEAR PARTY EVER AGAIN AGAIN AND 4EVER AND 4VR SO TO U YOU WINTER WEREREREREERERERERE ISSSSSSSSS SO FORSAKENENENENENENENENEN OF THE FATHER DARE I SUGEST SCH A RTING ND TH ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSKKKKKKKKKKK THE FATHER AS THE sweet KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND TO GET YOU INNNN TO HIS CASTLE ONLY ONE CASTLE SO NOT TO BE THOUGHT OF SOME KIND OF GRN CASTLE OR WOSRESER YET THE HIDEOUSSSSSS ONE YALL KNOWS BOUT TOOOO AND TOOO SOM KIND SOCCER QUINTESENTALY SPORTS EVENT OF A KIND TOO A IFFFFFFFFFFFFFYYYYYYYYY EVENTTTTTTTTTTT SCH AS ISCE SKATING WET OR ROLLING DRY OR ANY OTRRERTHNG SINCE YOU ALL NEED TO KNW THT TO GOD THR IS A NO TO BE HAVING FUNND THEN TO YU WNT TO B LVD ANDAS IIII AM MMMMMMM. WELL NOT SO SAYS OUR gd no GOD and thn wht u wll be left out in th cold , think about it !!!! AWE SAD AS IT IS OUR god is nt joking caser he is not going to kid us on th day and no joke that day nopeeeeeeeee. not my falt no GOD he does insist I TELL THE THING TO YOU N ALLU8 IN SIZE 24 TO B SO FAT IS NOT A WAY U WILL WANT TO BE SINCE YOU R SO LRG U WILL NOT FIT IN SEAT ON AROPLANE SO YOU R TLD AND YET EVERYONE FEEDS YU SO U WLL NT GET THN SO U WILL NT THEN THINK TO GET A WAY TO GO AWAY SO THN U CANNNOT SIT NXT TO ANOTHER PERON . wELL god SAYS THN QUIT FEEDN FOLKS WHN U KNW THEY R EATN TO MUCHNN OF A goodNNN THNGGGGGG so then do not keep peeps trapped n badnnnnn habbbbitttts by buyyyying stuffffffff forrrrrr follkks forrrrrrrr X MUS AND DO BE SURE TO MISS THE IMOPORTTTTANT EVENT ON THE DAY
IFN YU CANT NOT UNDRSTND THS YU R AS USUAL A BLND MAN OR WMAN SO THN WHT ELSE IS KN NEW TO YOU THT YU WOULD NOT ALREADY NY MINUTE KNOW .
AMEN
PEACE AND BE STILL
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