Until That Day

  It’s the buzzword at Christmas. Christians and the worldly wise alike put the word on their holiday cards, mantles and gift wrap. Believe. But what do we believe? At Christmas, a time when every aisle of every store shouts the word – “believe!”, we should examine what it means and if we truly do…believe. 
   One thing I believe for certain is that we, as a Christian country, do not elevate Christ at Christmas. 
   As another Christmas season approaches, I sit here prayerfully asking God how I can better celebrate with my family. Every year it is the same prayer and the same struggle. The world doesn’t just stand at our door and knock – it shouts and parades, pushing its way into our everyday errands; it tempts and it taunts with every newspaper add carelessly laid on the table; it pulls and it seduces with promises of beautiful gifts sure to please the recipient.…And it falls short – every year. Every year I battle against the commercialism and glitz of what Christmas has become. Every year I try harder to magnify Christ and minimize gift giving. Every year I am saddened at the state of our culture, a Christian country that has forsaken its Christ.  I believe that He truly IS the reason for the season, but I also believe that fact is not manifested in our supposed Christian nation, our communities and even within many of our own Christian homes. We want to believ ...

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