The Spare Wheel

The best Christmases are with Christ

Some folk (actually, most folk is more accurate) don't like to make Christmas and Easter be too tightly linked. But I can do nothing else.

Some don't want to see prophecies fulfilled that foreshadow death, or to think specifically about a crucifixion. Or even a resurrection. But I tell you, Christmas without those things is no Christmas at all.

The focus is on the birth of a Saviour... and it is a joyous and celebratory time with amazement at the way God chose to send His Son to us, and at all the wonders of the first Christmas. It's awesome! But a birth of a Saviour means saving is needed. His mission was not solely to be immaculately conceived, to be born and to teach. But to die, to conquer death, and to live again - not just so He would live again, but so that WE could choose life.

Don't get me wrong, I love all the Christmas stuff (well, until it goes over the top with the crass commercialism) but I don't see it as the destination for the holiday. Not even family gatherings alone serve as the destination. Come and worship... that's the basis. Yes, come worship the King who died for you!

Come and meet Him for yourself this year - heart to heart... ask Him directly, "hey, what's this all about? did you really die for me?" and expect to be lead into a new world of discovery and a real HOPE. Have your best Christmas ever!

posted by olivepeople @ 11:51 PM