The Christmas day has come to a close. Guests have gone home, leftovers from lunch have been eaten for dinner (not that there's much difference in time between the two) and the remainder put in the fridge for tomorrow. Presents were opened, paper strewn throughout the room, and mostly put aside, to be used another day. Now that the celebrations have died down, the meaning of Christmas has been placed aside for another 12 months.
With the amount of preparation and planning, present buying & wrapping, cooking, cleaning, baking and organising that goes into arranging a single day of celebration we are all relieved that it is over once again, and everything can go back to 'normal'.
It bring to mind the theme of Ps Dave's sermon on Christmas Eve, and a script of which he wrote and the children acted out wonderfully. Who needs Christmas?
Who wants to bother with the organising? Who wants to bother buying presents, wrapping and hoping that they'll be appreciated? Who wants to bother catching up with family, people we see once a year out of a feeling of obligation? Who wants to bother going to church, seeing the same story retold by small children year after year? Most people would want to boycott Christmas for those reasons alone - but they will be missing the point.
We all need Christmas. Without the birth of our Immanuel we would all fall short of God's expectations and no one would go to Heaven. Instead, we need to see the birth of our Saviour, Jesus, and the life he is about to lead in order that we are forgiven and know we will one day join Him with God the Father.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 9:6
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