Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
Happy twelfth day of Christmas. Twelve drummers drumming and all that.
It is clear by now that what we celebrate in the twelve days of Christmas is not what the rest of the world has in mind. (I hear they're producing a new version of “A Charlie Brown's Christmas” in which they've deleted the scene where Linus tells the Christmas story.) Sure enough, for some it is merely a time for buying and getting stuff, and going to school concerts and gaudily decorated office parties. For others it may a time of love and giving. Even for most Christians it's Jesus' birthday, but not much different from other ones, except that we get the presents.
But what if it's about Incarnation, about Christ being born in us, and therefore about being transformed? Well, that takes time. Twelve days is a good beginning. (A twelve day old baby is really just the beginning!)
What does Christmas mean to you? What does it mean in you? Are you ready to bear Christ into the world in your own new life? What will you do to care for that new life? How will you live now that is different from the way you used to? May the “reason for the season” last longer than twelve days with you.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
unfoldinglight@hotmail.com
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