It's Christmas! Make it special

Contemporary culture has a way of turning its relatively limited number of religious holidays into something they were never intended to be. For instance, on Easter, children hunt for eggs while it would be more appropriate if the figure were the other way around (God hunts for us in the incarnation). Too often the festivities of Christmas fill childish hearts with “What will I GET this year" instead of how can I GIVE and in some minor way reflect God’s giving of his Son on Calvary.
 
Here are a few things I am doing this year, specifically tomorrow to reactivate it’s original meaning in my life
 
1. Marvel at coming of the Christ child. He is only a baby but in his simple birth I see the dawning of a new eternal day of forgiveness
 
2. Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the manger. No need to stand apart because of visitor regulations.

3. Think through his life and be one of those learning for the first time that God’s long awaited kingdom is here.
 
4. Pray with him in Gethsemane
 
5. Let him wash my feet as I settle back to share the Last Supper with him.
 
6. Pray for him as he is hoisted onto the cross.
 
7. Watch the rock roll away and shout for joy!
 
Make your own list but enjoy reflecting with him on the events of those last 3 years. Are you having a good Christmas Day? I guarantee you will! Let others have their material needs supplied; be grateful that yours always have been and that from now on Christmas will be more of Christ. He wants it that way. Did he not say, “Come unto me?"