I have been encouraging folk to eliminate as many "I have to"s as possible from their Christmas celebration. Here is something, though, that you really do have to do. You have to decide--specifically, we all have to make up our mind about what we'll do with the Christ of Christmas. To not make a purposeful decision is to accept the default condition. Now, I'm not saying you are a bad person, or hostile to Christianity, or anything like that, but you need to realize that this world is not a Christ-friendly place--not when you look at it from the standards of Jesus Christ. John records, "He came unto His own and His own received Him not." It's a pattern that hasn't changed in last two millennia. If you just go along, that's where you'll end up. So, it is important for each of us to decide.
Over the next three Sundays we'll be looking at some of the characters of Christmas, and examining the decision we must make. This Sunday we visit Mary, as she decides to yield.
I hope you will join us at 8:30 or 10:55.With wishes for the best of Christmases, it's STTA, from the CBC.
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