witness......
It is fairly easy to make it all about us. What presents we are giving. What presents we are getting. What food we are serving. What parties we are going to. It is fairly easy to make it all about us.
It is much more challenging to make it all about Jesus, the Christ child, the one who was born. We have to dig deep in the decorations box to find the nativity set, and once giving it the place of honor on the mantle, we move on to other important things. We have to wrestle Jesus' birthday away from our own inclinations to go over the top, pouring out gifts to family and friends in a wave of generosity and good feeling. We have to figure out a way to slow it all down.
We do this for our sake, because the spiritual center is in Jesus. He is the gift who keeps on giving day after day. He is the one who rescues us from ourselves. He is the one who challenges us to live out the life God intended for each of us: a life of grace, reconciliation, peace, joy, generosity.
Don't bury Jesus in the manger's hay. Put him on the shelf in your home and remember his eternal gift to you: a love that never fails.
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