How Will You $pend Christmas?
Christmas is a time when we have celebrations with family and friends, give gifts, and have special meals. Will there be time for Jesus? Will our time, energy and money be spent on the commercial aspect of the season, even to the point of exhaustion of one, two or all three?
How do you make Christmas more alive for your family, your friends, and yourself? The answer will be different for each of us. I hope what we all have in common is that no matter where, with whom, and how we spend Christmas, we will include Jesus in all of it as well as save some for ourselves. The spirit of Christmas should last well beyond December 25th.
We have such a huge build-up to Christmas Day, that it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the Christmas season actually begins on Christmas Day (and the Eve vigil) and continues for a few weeks on our Church's calendar. We celebrate the weeks prior to Dec. 25th as Advent, a preparation time that started this year on Nov. 28th.
So let's make this Advent-urous journey to find the spirit of Christmas and keep the spirit in CHRISTmas. Then when we enter into the Christmas season, let's share it with others that it hasn't all been spent. We should be filled and renewed with JOY.
Will we feel renewed and filled with JOY or will we be worn out by what it takes to get ready? Are you in a hurry to get to your Christmas vacation that you rush through these precious days?
Jesus' life on Earth was spent focused on us. Will His Presence be in our preparation time and Christmas season? We cannot bring Jesus into our lives for the occasion-al uplifting, then go on with the rest of our lives unaffected. Jesus Christ is the beginning, center and all throughout Christmas (and beyond). Where's your focus: Getting presents? Get the Real Presence!
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