Our Elf on the Shelf is moving all over the house, it seems.
I'm laughing my head off at favorite Christmas movies like "Elf" and "The Grinch."
Do we really have THAT MANY parties to go to, this year? Outstanding!
We're running out of hiding places for presents.
And finally, the wind keeps knocking down that one difficult piece of evergreen on the porch... hello again, ladder!
It's so easy to get locked into the busy buzz of the holiday grind, and find ourselves in the frustration of Christmas, instead of in it's joy.
JeeP is at the office with me this morning. Penny is making a hospital visit, and the sermon for Sunday is going to be cool, but has some facets which are clogging my brain... thus, the brain pause to write this blog.
Do you know what I love about all the things I listed above?
They all point me to Jesus if I'll just stop and let them.
In an age that tries to extract Jesus from His own birthday, He is still simply there... simply here... simply born, lived, died, and alive again to save us.
While Buzz Lightyear has joined the safety brigade of our manger scene, the manger still holds only Jesus.
While the lights on the tree were out and had to be restrung, the lights still point only to Jesus.
While the commercialism of Christmas might make our heads spin and want to pop, that precious little gift will help me explain... you guessed it... JESUS to my little girl and boy.
This year, I want to dive in to all of it more than ever. I want to swim in a sea of Christmas candy (even though my diet won't let me eat all of it), wondering in child-like awe at the clanging bells of Santa's sleigh... and to stop long enough along the way to look at what, or Whom, each part of this massive pageant of propaganda and presents points to... the one place it can really point to... the whole reason it all exists, Immanuel.
Finding the "main thing." Sometimes we really do miss the forest for the trees, don't we?
It would be silly to chop down the trees, hoping to find a forest in the end. Instead, how about we just pause ever-so-often and look at the big picture as it paints a mind-blowing portrait of God With Us... JESUS!
May your Christmas be hilarious, fun, and full of hope... after all, forgiveness is a truly amazing gift!
In the Peace of Christ,
Pastor John
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