CHRISTMAS CANCELLED

Oh oh oh Merry Cancelled! What? I have realized that over the past three decades that people talk about the traditions of Christmas slowly fading away. That the public square is little by little pushing out the celebration of Christmas. I hear and read people saying that you should say Merry Christmas and not Happy Holidays. So the appearance is that Christmas is being canceled.

As I have wrung my sweaty palms and worried about Christmas becoming a thing of the past I had an epiphany. "How can you cancel a past event that is still rippling through eternity." Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Savior of the world. You cannot cancel that reality, that truth! His birth is a holy day for Christians worldwide and the word holiday means "holy day" so if someone says to you, Happy Holidays, they are simply saying have a happy holy day celebration. This is just as accurate as Merry Christmas.

Now as to the public square, if the non-Christian world does not celebrate Christmas why are we Christians expecting them to when many a Christian is only worried about the decorations, presents, and the family dinner and not the heartfelt worship of our Savior and His incarnational birth? We in the Christian faith and Christian churches might do better in honoring this Advent holy day if we stopped focusing on what the world is doing during the month of December. We should focus on simply sharing the story of Jesus and worshipping with a more focused emphasis on how blessed and grateful we are for Heavenly Father sending His begotten Son to save us from this sin fallen world.

Let the non-believers do what they do and let the true authentic Christians celebrate Christmas with awe and wonder with a deep devotion to continue trying to be more and more like Jesus the Messiah. If you want to share gifts why not share love, peace, and mercy with friends, family, and the people we run across in our daily lives year-round.

Luke 2:1-20 / Isaiah 53 / Isaiah 9:6

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