Making Sense of Christmas

As far as I can remember Christmas has always been my favorite season of the year. We all have our fond December memories don’t we? The taste of hot chocolate, peanut brittle and marshmallows roasting on an open fire. The smell of Gingerbread houses, homemade hot fudge and cinnamon dolce lattes. The sounds of Christmas carolers, holiday bells and our favorite seasonal hymns, the sight of homes decorated with Christmas lights, nativity scenes and garland wrapped staircases. And of course, there is the first touch of that long awaited for gift that sat under the tree tempting you to open it a few days early. Oh how I loved getting those Legos!

There is no doubt that Christmas touches the chord of all our senses. However, as great as that Turkish delight may be, let us never forget that nothing compares to the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is and always will be about King Jesus. That is WHO this season is about.

-Christmas is about the birth of the great I AM.
-It’s about the birth of the God Man.
-It’s about God’s passionate love for His glory and how He showed His glory off by sending His one and only Son Jesus to die on old rugged cross.

Christmas time puts the memory stick in action. Let us never forget that…

-Christmas is a time to remember that God became man so that man could be one with God.
-Christmas is a time to remember that God came to earth so that man could go to heaven.
-Christmas is a time to remember that Light came into the world of darkness so that a world of darkness could enter into an everlasting world of Light.

Yes, Christmas is a time to remember that Jesus is “the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one gets to the Father except through Him.” Nothing should move us so deeply as seeing what Jesus did on our behalf. Nothing should humble so sweetly as tasting the joy of His unconditional forgiveness. Nothing should smell so savoring as a whiff of our newfound freedom. Nothing should sound so good to our ears as Jesus great statement “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” And nothing should excite us more greatly than knowing that someday you and I will reach out and touch His nail scared hands.

It is true that NOTHING should disturb the true way meaning of Christmas. Year after year the world will shout out “NON-SENSE” but our God absorbed hearts can lovingly reply back and say, “ALL SENSE.” As foolish as it may sound, I guess what I am trying to say is only Jesus can make sense of Christmas.

Till next time,

Bobby