Isn’t it interesting that we have jumped from Thanksgiving to Christmas, or should I say the Christmas holiday shopping season. We go about buying all the stuff on our lists and making sure that we get all the things we need to make everyone happy. We have to bend to the whims of the retailers and spend and spend and not refer to Christmas as Christmas. We have to say Happy Holidays. Which may not be bad, because why are people so concerned with keeping Christ in Christmas? If we want Christ to be in Christmas, I think we should go the step further and ask for Christ Mass to be kept in Christmas. This is where Christmas came from, the Christ Mass – the worship service to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is the celebration of worship to welcome our savior. How many of us that speak about keeping Christ in Christmas will miss church because of family commitments, or work parties or there is just way to much happening for me to go to church then…
Funny how we want Christ as part of the Holiday but wander away when things get tight and time slips away. Redemption comes when we are repentant – as John the Baptist preaches. We need to start the process by calling out and seeking redemption – or do as repentance means – turn around and embrace the Savior that is there waiting for us. Christ is the reason for the season and gathering together to celebrate this is what we are called to do as disciples to meet our teacher and learn with all the others…
As my friend Matt said in his blog (http://tinyurl.com/y9okd8h) we have to free ourselves of clutter – like John told those coming to him – if you have 2 coats give one away. We need to be focused on what is important in this Advent season and Christmas – it is about our being together as disciples celebrating the birth of Jesus – the one who went to the cross to rebuild the bridge to God so we can have a relationship with our creator. We need to shed our own wants and desires and focus on Christ.
Blessed Advent.
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