Jesus is the reason for the season!
The Thanksgiving meal has been eaten and the dishes have been washed and put away. I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and I saw Santa at the very end. It’s now official; the Christmas Season has begun.
Many people decide to start this season rushing around to all of the Black Friday sales. The economy has been tough for quite some time now, so I can totally understand the need to get a good deal. Christmas these days has become quite expensive. If you have kids, the older they get, the more expensive their lists become.
If you don’t have kids, there’s still brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and/or parents to buy for. Then everything has to be wrapped. Besides all of the stress that the shopping can cause, there’s a general busyness that accompanies the season. There are parties to attend . There are Christmas cards to write and mail. It can all get exhausting.
While there’s nothing wrong with the hustle and bustle of the season, I’m going to try to remember this year, that we are really celebrating the birth of our savior. We are remembering that we have a God that loves us so much that He left His home and became one of us.
We are remembering a teenage girl who was a virgin, who said yes to the Angel Gabriel and yes to God, when she was told she was with child. She must have been scared out of her wits.
We are remembering a man who believed in God and in miracles when he agreed to stand by that pregnant teenager who was betrothed to him, even though the baby she carried was not his.
We are remembering a humble birth, where the son of God was placed in a simple feed trough because man could not make room for Him.
We are remembering a group of shepherds, the modern-day homeless of their time, who God thought were important enough to send the good news of the birth of His son. He not only sent them a heavenly messenger; He treated them to a sky filled with angels and a taste of the brilliance of heaven. They may not have been good enough for society, but they were good enough for God.
This is the season that we remember that we are a special treasure to our Maker and we celebrate the birth of His son, Jesus. So, with all of the running around that I’ll be doing, I’m going to try to keep in my heart that Jesus really is the reason for the season and all of the other Christmas stuff, really doesn’t matter so much.
Won’t you join me?
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂