Disappointed? No Way!!

Many people still accept the "holiday myth" that the suicide rate goes up every holiday season.  That's statistically not true.  It isn't any higher in December than a lot of other months.  And New Year's Eve isn't the most dangerous night to drive, either.  (Actually, the most dangerous day to drive statistically is the 4th of July).  Which brings me to to the whole matter of the holidays and disappointment.  I couldn't stop chuckling over the video clips I saw in church last week of youngsters opening some really lame gifts and their reactions and disappointment.  They were set up.  Actually, we can all set ourselves up with a culture filled with rampant consumerism which offers hollow promises that new goodies and stuff will fill our deepest longings.  We know better.  Rolicking holiday parties will not provide the relationships and connections we crave.  And the quest for the "perfect" Christmas can obliterate the whole purpose of why we celebrate the season in the first place.  We in the body of Christ KNOW that Christmas is more than the perfect meal or the gifts or the beautiful decorations.  Christmas is about the profound love of God.  It is the celebration of the arrival of Messiah-our Savior.  Authentic Christmas will never disappoint; it will never break its promise to transform our lives.  Talk about subversive!  Praise God for the gift of His Son.  "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!"  (2 Corinthians 9:15)

Comments

[Mike]

Christmas is finding peace through all the chaos by accepting the the gift given to us. God is way too nice to us.

[Retro Jordans]

Christmas is finding peace through all the chaos by accepting the the gift given to us. God is way too nice to us.

[justin bieber shoes]

Plus I always had a homeroom and all the paperwork that entails.