Keep Christ in Christmas

Keep Christ in Christmas
By Sherri C. Walker

It’s almost that time of year again. Christmas is just about to dawn on the world in a few short weeks. A large number of people have decked their halls, began their Christmas shopping, and are making dinner plans for the upcoming last major family celebrated holiday of the year. Christmas is one of the two holiest holidays of the year where Christ is central focus, the other being the resurrection of Christ (Easter). Let us not let this holiday go by in a blur without remembering why we take a pause in life to reflect on the day Christ entered the world in bodily form.

Christmas is not about us, it’s about Jesus. It’s not about us getting, its about what the Father gave. He gave his only begotten Son, Jesus, so that all who believe in him could be redeemed and live eternally.

It's so easy, if not careful, to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas with its glitter and glamour and abundance of material things available for the giving and the taking, but let us not forget about the greatest gift of all that was given, our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Christ.

Although we don’t know the exact day he was born, the world has set aside the 25th of December to observe his birth. On birthdays we give gifts to people we love. What will you give Christ on his birthday? We know we can't give him things hand in hand because he is not physically present with us, but we can give him things in spirit, like more of our time in worship, more of our time glorifying him, more time reading his word, praying, and being kind to others as he was, all the while wanting to go unnoticed and not expecting anything in return. Another thing we can do is not forget to share the good news with others about him and the reason why he was sent.

The existence of Jesus didn’t just began we he entered the world as a baby through the womb of his mother, Mary. He was there in the beginning, remember he said, “I am alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first, and the last. (Revelation 22:13) We can tell people of how he willing came knowing the destiny that awaited him 33 years down the line when he would willingly give his life a sacrifice for the sins of man.

What an amazing gift we were lovingly given by our Father in Heaven. (John 3:16) In closing this letter to you I thought of another thing we could give to our Savior on the day we remember the precious day he was born of a Virgin, we can give him yet again our thanks for his unselfishness in taking our place on the cross at Calvary.

Saturday, December 01, 2007
(c) Sherri Walker