2 posts tagged “christmas”
Don't get me wrong, I am NOT one of those bah humbug scrooge types. I love Christmas, it's the celebration of the birth of my Lord and Savior and that is a huge deal! But after being alive for 23 years I can certainly do with a little less of the commercialized tradition buttoned up with pomp and circumstance unassociated with the original purpose of the holiday. And truthfully I'm not even asking for all of that to be done away with. Just give me till after Thanksgiving, plz thx?!
It's the holidays again (if you hadn't heard yet :-P). And of course everyone is talking about it, TV is playing Christmas movies, everyone is telling there version of it. The lights, the decorations, the presents, the events, the people, the shopping, the hype and all the rest! And every single one of those movies has some dramatic depiction of a perfect Christmas gone wrong. People getting caught up in all the stuff and forgeting that the true meaning of Christmas is ___________*.
*insert family, presents, santa, love, community, being nice, or coming together.
But I would say no. No, it isn't presents, heck, it isn't even family! Now I'm not about to quote, "Jesus is the reason for the season," but I would submit to you that it isn't even so much just Him being born that night so long ago. Before I go on any further there is a better quote I want to share....
~The incarnation is God's grace made evident and obvious. People matter. Life is sacred. Men, women and children are worth the greatest sacrifice, the supreme effort, the ultimate gift....It is the amazing manifestation of His unshakable love for the unloved, the unlovely, the weak, the defaced, the unworthy, the unwarranted, the rebels, the sinners...you and me.
You see Christmas is the day that the Love of God manifested itself in the form of a little baby boy. By all means, celebrate with your family, love on them, give gifts, dress up the house, have fun with friends, watch Christmas movies and let the idea of Santa amuse you. Go to church and watch one story of Christmas, go home and watch Hollywood's version. But remember when you do all of it that your Creator Loves you. And that, my friends, is the true meaning of the season.
*insert family, presents, santa, love, community, being nice, or coming together.
But I would say no. No, it isn't presents, heck, it isn't even family! Now I'm not about to quote, "Jesus is the reason for the season," but I would submit to you that it isn't even so much just Him being born that night so long ago. Before I go on any further there is a better quote I want to share....
~The incarnation is God's grace made evident and obvious. People matter. Life is sacred. Men, women and children are worth the greatest sacrifice, the supreme effort, the ultimate gift....It is the amazing manifestation of His unshakable love for the unloved, the unlovely, the weak, the defaced, the unworthy, the unwarranted, the rebels, the sinners...you and me.
You see Christmas is the day that the Love of God manifested itself in the form of a little baby boy. By all means, celebrate with your family, love on them, give gifts, dress up the house, have fun with friends, watch Christmas movies and let the idea of Santa amuse you. Go to church and watch one story of Christmas, go home and watch Hollywood's version. But remember when you do all of it that your Creator Loves you. And that, my friends, is the true meaning of the season.
