One of the things that I love about this time of year is
that many people are trying to get into the Christmas Spirit. They are putting out lights, putting up the
tree, doing extra good deeds, going out of the way to be with family and
friends. And best of all trying extra
hard to do some surprising good deed that would honor Jesus Christ.
I love how Christians
and Jews try to be respectful of each other’s holidays this time of the
year. I like how we try to be
considerate of those who might be atheists by reaching out to them in
friendship. And as a pastor I know that
this is an especially hard time of year for those who are suffering through grief
at the loss of a loved one. It makes the
Holidays tough because you miss people you really love.
However, all in all, many people are trying hard to get into
Christmas spirit. And this world needs
as much Christmas spirit as it can get.
Remember Christmas spirit is the spirit of Christ – it is what we
Christians call the Holy Spirit. The old
bitter spirits of anger, self pity, selfishness, rage, are chased away when we
confess our sins to our savior and ask God for the Holy Spirit to take control
of our lives.
Yes, we will need to think differently or rotten spirits can
drift back into our lives. And we need
to keep our lives clean as vessels of God himself working in and through us. But we sing with new fervor: Joy to the world the Lord has come!
I pray that you will
be able to fill your life this year with the pervasive hope that comes from
Christmas.
"Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of
King Herod. About that time some wise
men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, Where is the newborn king
of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose,
and we have come to worship him."
- Matthew
2:1-2
No comments:
Post a Comment