We Know What Holiday It Is
It is hard to believe the holiday season is on us. Last Monday, on my day off, I cruised into Ft. Worth just to chill and hang out around town and Christmas decorations were going up all over the place. I know that some of the places that are already decorated for Christmas have trained their employees that they are not getting ready for Christmas, so don't say Merry Christmas, they are just preparing for the biggest retail season of their year. Trees, wreaths, bows, and Baby Jesus are just decorations to get people excited about buying gifts.
Now before you get all worked up again about how non-Christians don't get it and how marginal Christians care more about profit and tolerance (for anything but Christianity) remember, Jesus didn't say decorate for Christmas so everyone will know who He is. He said, be obedient, live for Him, and go and make disciples. We can celebrate Jesus all we want without having "Merry Christmas" signs in our favorite stores. We can be nice to the overworked and underpaid clerk who is trying to earn extra money to buy presents for her kids. We can live a life of faith with a clear conscience be kind to our neighbor, and tell her about how important Jesus is in our lives. We can make moral decisions at work and be nice to our co-workers for Jesus.
Give Jesus a present for His birthday. I have an idea. Let's give Jesus presents all year long. You say, What? Jesus says, "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?' 40 And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!' Matt 25:37-40
Now before you get all worked up again about how non-Christians don't get it and how marginal Christians care more about profit and tolerance (for anything but Christianity) remember, Jesus didn't say decorate for Christmas so everyone will know who He is. He said, be obedient, live for Him, and go and make disciples. We can celebrate Jesus all we want without having "Merry Christmas" signs in our favorite stores. We can be nice to the overworked and underpaid clerk who is trying to earn extra money to buy presents for her kids. We can live a life of faith with a clear conscience be kind to our neighbor, and tell her about how important Jesus is in our lives. We can make moral decisions at work and be nice to our co-workers for Jesus.
Give Jesus a present for His birthday. I have an idea. Let's give Jesus presents all year long. You say, What? Jesus says, "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?' 40 And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!' Matt 25:37-40
posted by Royal | 12:30 PM
1 Comments:
So true, so true. We shouldn't need anyone to remind us the reason for the season but I am glad to see that some Christians are standing up and challenging those that want to turn Christmas into something it is not.
I hope we begin to see more challenges against the secularization of this country. It seems to me that we should worry less about offending the minority and start to worry more about offending God.
Glad to see you back! I've missed reading your posts,
Christi
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