‘Tis the Season!

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.                              John 13:35

We are deep into the Christmas season, and it is a beautiful time of year. Friends and family coming by, parties planned, and those wonderful Christmas songs fill the air for a brief season. Yes, we are celebrating the liturgical year which indicates the season of preparation for the coming of Jesus. Even people who are only barely aware of the monumental impact of Jesus coming to earth celebrate this as a cultural holiday season.

Jesus came to earth to reconcile a lost people to the heavenly plan of peace and restoration to their loving Father, the Creator of the universe. We demonstrate that good will, perhaps better this time of year than any other. We give gifts to one another, we find ways to gather together, and we even decorate our environments with lights and festive ornamentation.

Jesus said that people will know that we are Christians by the way we love one another. It seems that Christmas is a good excuse to play that out in public. I know that many people feel that the Christmas season has been commercialized, and even hijacked by the culture.

I say, let’s enjoy the season, and use it as a way to love people in a special way this season.

Prayer: Lord, we keep in mind the wonder of your presence in coming to earth, Amen