12/2/14
As I drove across town to go to my Bible Study this evening it looked as if half of the town had turned on the lights. It is so festive, and as usual I reverted back to the starry eyed child who could not wait to see the houses lighted up. My dad would wait for a snowy night and we would pile into the old Austin, pull blankets over our laps and legs and head off in search of the familiar lighted displays that we always looked forward seeing.
Those were simpler days, and people relished the customs built around the celebration of the gift of Jesus coming to the human race to bring salvation. In recent years people have become jaded about Christmas. To hear about the plethora of Black Fridays and Black whatever day. The ads and come ons are out of control and a tad annoying if not disgusting. There is very little going into stores and feeling the merchandise and finding just the right thing. They order online and even ship straight to their giftee letting the cardboard box the treasure is packed in to be the "gift wrapping."
Another thing...it is a bit two faced when people proclaim about how Christmas has become a time when the Reason for the Season is forgotten. In many ways that is true because people do not even bother to think much about the miracle that happened when Jesus was born. However, there are many customs that have their advent in the earliest events that happened around the birth of Jesus. I was of that mentality, and although I think about Jesus and His coming a lot, I looked around and criticized the materialism and the rush that exhausts during this time.
I saw a movie a week or so ago that I really enjoyed. It was called SAVING CHRISTMAS. Some people that I know did not care for it, but I really liked it. Kirk Cameron plays a person who loves Christmas with all its trappings which he lists to the audience sitting in front of a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. He goes to a party and his brother in law is having a non party at his wife's party where he ends up with him sitting in the car sulking about the fact that Christmas is not much about Jesus any more. He is really on a roll with his thoughts against the current style of seasonal celebrations. The Kirk character sits and tells him about the ancient origins and reenactments of things from Biblical Days.
I am doing the devotional for Thursday and I will enlarge on this theme. Until then I ask you to pray to the Lord and ask Him to help you to see how you can enjoy the current celebrations without forgetting that.....
Written by
Corinne Mustafa
As I drove across town to go to my Bible Study this evening it looked as if half of the town had turned on the lights. It is so festive, and as usual I reverted back to the starry eyed child who could not wait to see the houses lighted up. My dad would wait for a snowy night and we would pile into the old Austin, pull blankets over our laps and legs and head off in search of the familiar lighted displays that we always looked forward seeing.
Those were simpler days, and people relished the customs built around the celebration of the gift of Jesus coming to the human race to bring salvation. In recent years people have become jaded about Christmas. To hear about the plethora of Black Fridays and Black whatever day. The ads and come ons are out of control and a tad annoying if not disgusting. There is very little going into stores and feeling the merchandise and finding just the right thing. They order online and even ship straight to their giftee letting the cardboard box the treasure is packed in to be the "gift wrapping."
Another thing...it is a bit two faced when people proclaim about how Christmas has become a time when the Reason for the Season is forgotten. In many ways that is true because people do not even bother to think much about the miracle that happened when Jesus was born. However, there are many customs that have their advent in the earliest events that happened around the birth of Jesus. I was of that mentality, and although I think about Jesus and His coming a lot, I looked around and criticized the materialism and the rush that exhausts during this time.
I am doing the devotional for Thursday and I will enlarge on this theme. Until then I ask you to pray to the Lord and ask Him to help you to see how you can enjoy the current celebrations without forgetting that.....
Written by
Corinne Mustafa
It is hard to see the Jesus facts behind what happens these days as part of our observance. It is my hope that we will be able to see that many of our traditions have their origins in things that happened centered around Jesus in the days of old. Tune in Thursday for more.
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