Another Christmas is upon us - what a joy! After four weeks of waiting, watching, hoping, and anticipating, we are FINALLY able to celebrate the Christmas season over these 12 days from Christmas Day to Epiphany. This morning, I was chatting with someone who told me that Christmas had already come and gone in their house - the decorations were all away and things were 'back to normal'. I completely understand the sentiment - just before I wrote this message, I was in an IM session with Erin talking about possibly taking the tree down tonight.
Christmas is a major inconvenience in many ways for us - our work and school schedules are disrupted, money comes tighter and tighter, and a whole host of other things that we are not used to come into play. Another friend I talked to this morning is at the point he can't wait for his in-laws to leave so that he can get his house back. A third talks about how much work is piling up while he takes vacation that must be burned before Dec. 31.
This Sunday, we will note that it is the First Sunday of Christmas being observed. In the midst of all the hustle and bustle of trying to 'return to normal', don't forget that Christmas is, for us, not just a one-day event. In fact, it is not just a 12-day celebration within the church. No - Christmas must be for us a way of life; a way of life because God has taken it upon himself to come and show us the way. Christmas must be a way of life for us - a way that is led by the Master and followed by his church, his body (in other words, us).
We will begin this journey by spending the next few months in Christ's most expansive description of the Christian life - the Sermon on the Mount as found in Matthew 5-7. I will be preaching a series with the theme "Basic Christian Living".
See you Sunday!
Lamar
Christmas is a major inconvenience in many ways for us - our work and school schedules are disrupted, money comes tighter and tighter, and a whole host of other things that we are not used to come into play. Another friend I talked to this morning is at the point he can't wait for his in-laws to leave so that he can get his house back. A third talks about how much work is piling up while he takes vacation that must be burned before Dec. 31.
This Sunday, we will note that it is the First Sunday of Christmas being observed. In the midst of all the hustle and bustle of trying to 'return to normal', don't forget that Christmas is, for us, not just a one-day event. In fact, it is not just a 12-day celebration within the church. No - Christmas must be for us a way of life; a way of life because God has taken it upon himself to come and show us the way. Christmas must be a way of life for us - a way that is led by the Master and followed by his church, his body (in other words, us).
We will begin this journey by spending the next few months in Christ's most expansive description of the Christian life - the Sermon on the Mount as found in Matthew 5-7. I will be preaching a series with the theme "Basic Christian Living".
See you Sunday!
Lamar
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