Let us not forget

I apologize for the late post but Christmas was just so busy!

I know a lot of us Christians are convinced that Christmas has been corrupted in recent times by all the “worldly” people in our American society. The Television shows, the commercials. The thought that saying “Merry Christmas” is socialy unacceptable. We yearn for what we feel must have been the “good old days”- perhaps in the time of the “The Brady Bunch,” or at least farther back, in the days of “Little House on the Prairie.” The holiday would have been holy. Families would gather around the tree to hear Dad read the Christmas story. Having a merry-time hymn-singing around the star-topped, light covered fir tree.

Some times we get so caught up in the lights, the gift giving and receiving, the ham cooking, the desert baking, and making sure everyone is happy that we forget about why we are having Christmas, we forget about the true meaning of Christmas. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have ever lasting life.

Here is a sweet poem I found;

The Perfect Gift

Some may think it’s presents, Others family.

Some may think its all about Putting up the tree.

But what I believe, I know is true:

He died for me and for you.

God sent His Son on Christmas Day,

To later leave, and take our sins away.

How could a Father give up His Son?,

Even though He became the Holy One.

His love so great and so true,

There’s nothing He wouldn’t do for you.

So when we celebrate this year,

Give plenty of love and joy and cheer.

But there’s one thing we mustn’t forget,

Jesus is the perfect Gift

~Emily Ulm

Christmas is about Gods promise of a Savior and the fulfillment of that promise. Christmas is about God showing us that His promises will always be fulfilled.

The prayer I have for all of us is that no one forgets what happened Christmas morning. No one forgets His promises and everyone understands that there is nothing He wouldn’t do for us.